Pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum complicating mixed connective tissue disease

A case of a young woman with a 3-year history of mixed connective tissue disease who developed secondary pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum and died shortly after of rapidly progressive disease is reported. The pathogenesis, treatment and prognosis of this unusual complication in mixed co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of rheumatology 1991-04, Vol.30 (2), p.146-149
Hauptverfasser:	PUN, Y. L. W, RUSSELL, D. M, TAGGART, G. J, BARRACLOUGH, D. R. E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Female Humans Medical sciences Mixed Connective Tissue Disease - complications Mixed Connective Tissue Disease - mortality Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - complications Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - diagnostic imaging Pneumoperitoneum - complications Pneumoperitoneum - diagnostic imaging Radiography, Abdominal Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of a young woman with a 3-year history of mixed connective tissue disease who developed secondary pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum and died shortly after of rapidly progressive disease is reported. The pathogenesis, treatment and prognosis of this unusual complication in mixed connective tissue disease are discussed.
ISSN:	0263-7103 1460-2172