Pneumatosis intestinalis presenting as pneumoperitoneum in a teenage girl with pyloric stenosis

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Feb 26:2015:bcr2014208496. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208496.

Abstract

A 16-year-old girl presented with free gas under the diaphragm after endoscopic balloon dilation for pyloric stenosis. There was no perforation site identified on laparotomy. However, there was massive pneumatosis intestinalis involving the entire small bowel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Adolescent
  • Asian People
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastroplasty*
  • Humans
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnosis*
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / surgery
  • Pneumoperitoneum / diagnosis*
  • Pyloric Stenosis / complications
  • Pyloric Stenosis / diagnosis*
  • Pyloric Stenosis / surgery
  • Pylorus / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome