Summary and Conclusion
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare, benign disease of uncertain cause. Frequently it is associated with trauma, gastrointestinal or pulmonary disease, and treatment is almost always conservative.
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Swerdlow, H. Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. Dis Colon Rectum 7, 306–308 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02630537
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02630537