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Document 0087
DOCN M9620087
TI Pneumatosis intestinalis in adults with AIDS: clinical significance and
imaging findings.
DT 9602
AU Wood BJ; Kumar PN; Cooper C; Silverman PM; Zeman RK; Department of
Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center,; Washington, DC 20007,
USA.
SO AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995 Dec;165(6):1387-90. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/96072683
AB OBJECTIVE. The significance of pneumatosis intestinalis in adults with
AIDS is unknown. Adults with AIDS are predisposed to pneumatosis
intestinalis. The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical
significance and to characterize the imaging appearance of this finding
in patients with AIDS. MATERIALS AND METHODS. In just over 3 years at
our institution, pneumatosis intestinalis in adults with AIDS was
detected in six cases. Medical records of those cases were
retrospectively analyzed for clinical history, laboratory data, and
surgical and pathologic findings. CT scans and abdominal radiographs
were analyzed for location and severity of pneumatosis, presence of
portal venous gas, pneumoperitoneum, and cystic versus linear gas.
RESULTS. Five of the six patients with AIDS-associated pneumatosis
intestinalis were managed conservatively or medically without surgical
procedures and were discharged from the hospital with resolved or
decreasing gastrointestinal complaints. The other patient underwent an
exploratory laparotomy because of free intraperitoneal and
retroperitoneal air; however, no bowel perforation was found at surgery.
CONCLUSION. Pneumatosis intestinalis is a late-stage phenomenon in adult
patients with AIDS that characteristically involves the cecum or right
colon. Pneumatosis in patients with AIDS may be an indolent abnormality
and does not necessarily constitute a surgical emergency or a sign of
impending bowel necrosis.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*RADIOGRAPHY Adult
Cecum/RADIOGRAPHY Colon/RADIOGRAPHY Diarrhea/ETIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY
Human *HIV-1 Male Pneumatosis Cystoides
Intestinalis/ETIOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY Retrospective Studies Tomography,
X-Ray Computed JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).