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Pneumatosis intestinalis complicating anorectal surgery

A case presentation

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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A case of pneumatosis intestinalis, secondary to an anorectal surgical procedure is presented. This sequence of events has not been reported previously. The causative factors in this case appear to be the retention of flatus in the rectum thereby giving rise to increased intraluminal pressure in the presence of a defect in the rectal mucosa. The similarity to pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is striking. A brief review of this rather rare condition has been provided.

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  1. Brooklyn, New York

    A. W. Martin Marino Jr. M.D.

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Read before The Brooklyn Surgical Society, May 3, 1956 as a preliminary report and in abbreviated form.

From the Division of Proctology, Department of Surgery, William H. Field, M.D. (Retired), Director of the Department of Surgery; A. W. Martin Marino, M.D., Chief Attending Proctologist of the Department of Surgery; Ainsworth L. Smith, M.D., Director of the Department of Surgery; Kenneth H. MacGregor, M.D., Executive Director of the Department of Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.

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Martin Marino, A.W. Pneumatosis intestinalis complicating anorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum 1, 167–171 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616827

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