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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
versión impresa ISSN 2011-7582versión On-line ISSN 2619-6107
Resumen
CHARRY-BORRERO, David et al. Pneumoperitoneum secondary to massive intestinal pneumatosis: a case report. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2023, vol.38, n.4, pp.747-752. Epub 21-Jun-2023. ISSN 2011-7582. https://doi.org/10.30944/20117582.2213.
Introduction.
Intestinal pneumatosis is defined as the presence of air cysts in the wall of the digestive tract at the submucosal or subserosal level, mainly compromising the small intestine. The clinical manifestations of the disease are nonspecific, and the imaging findings are essential in the diagnostic approach. Management can be conservative and/or surgical depending on the intestinal compromise and associated complications.
Clinical case.
The following is the case of a 78-year-old man, who was admitted due to chronic abdominal pain with imaging findings of pneumoperitoneum. Patient underwent surgery and a massive ileum pneumatosis was found, requiring intestinal resection.
Results.
The patient’s postoperative course was uneventful, and he was discharged without further complications.
Conclusions.
Intestinal pneumatosis is an uncommon disease, which mostly affect men population. Clinical suspicion of this condition should be confirmed with abdominal tomography. Candidates for medical management are those with benign course pathologies without hemodynamic compromise and/or complications. Surgical management should be reserved for patients with acute abdomen or sepsis.
Palabras clave : small intestine; intestinal cystoid pneumatosis; pneumoperitoneum; acute abdomen; treatment; surgical anastomosis.