Medical Definition of Pneumatosis cystoides
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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, multiple gas filled cysts of various sizes located in subserosa (sometimes in submucosa), age: adulthood, location: predominantly in lower colon X-ray: best demonstrated on CT, segmental mucosal nodularity (Differential diagnosis: polyposis), complication: assymptomatic large pneumoperitoneum (may persist for months/years) see: pneumatosis intestinalis
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumatosis Cystoides
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