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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-8705</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[CES Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[CES Med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-8705</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad CES]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-87052017000100110</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21615/cesmedicina.31.1.11</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Neumatosis intestinal: ¿una urgencia abdominal?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cystic pneumatosis intestinalis: an emergency?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zuluaga-Santamaría]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mejía-Restrepo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Uribe-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gutiérrez-Márquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bustamante-Zuluaga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastián]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vega-Arango]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>110</fpage>
<lpage>118</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-87052017000100110&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-87052017000100110&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-87052017000100110&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El auge de las imágenes diagnósticas, en especial de la tomografía computarizada multidetector ha permitido que entidades poco conocidas sean detectadas con relativa frecuencia. Inicialmente, se creía que todos los pacientes con neumatosis intestinal padecían enfermedades abdominales graves o presentaban complicaciones que requerían un manejo quirúrgico inmediato, pero al conocer mejor esta entidad, en parte gracias al aumento en el número de tomografías realizadas en la práctica diaria, se ha demostrado que la neumatosis intestinal también puede presentarse en pacientes asintomáticos o asociada a entidades benignas. Es importante conocer los signos y síntomas que ayudan a diferenciar las formas benignas de neumatosis de aquellas que ponen en peligro la vida del paciente y requieren manejo quirúrgico. Presentamos dos casos de neumatosis intestinal y una revisión de la literatura que ayudarán a aclarar la presentación por imágenes y etiología de esta entidad poco conocida.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Penumatosis intestinalis is a clinical condition that has been increasingly detected in recent years with the escalating use of computed tomography for abdominal imaging. Previously, it was thought that all the patients cursing with penumatosis intestinalis had life threatening conditions that required immediate surgical treatment. With the increased detection of this radiologic entity, benign causes have been described for example the cystic pneumatosis intestinalis, which in the mayority of times is an isolated finding and does not require surgery. It is important to recognize the signs and symptoms that help differentiate the benign forms, from those that are life-threatening conditions and require surgery. We report two cases of pneumatosis cystoides and a review of the literature that will illustrate the imaging findings and etiology of this rare entity.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Neumatosis cistoide intestinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Perforación intestinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Intestinal Perforation]]></kwd>
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