Abstract
The management of pneumatosis coli by oxygen therapy is now well established. In one of five patients treated by this method, routine colonoscopy after such therapy revealed a previously unsuspected carcinoma of the sigmoid colon. The need to thoroughly examine the colon after oxygen treatment to rule out coexistent pathologic conditions is emphasized.
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Stuart, M. Pneumatosis coli complicating carcinoma of the colon. Dis Colon Rectum 27, 257–259 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553800
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