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Sonographic features of pneumatosis of the small bowel
Author(s) -
Vijayaraghavan S. Boopathy
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870180710
Subject(s) - tamil , pneumatosis intestinalis , citation , medicine , general surgery , library science , surgery , art , literature , computer science
Pneumatosis intestinalis has been associated with gangrene of the bowel, collagen vascular disease, chronic bronchitis and asthma, ulcer disease and diverticulitis. 1 Gangrene of the small bowel is a rare cause of acute abdomen, which is more often caused by arterial thrombosis or a volvulus. The radiological features of this condition are well described. The sonographic features of one case of gangrene of the small bowel with intramural air is presented here.