Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis of the ascending colon related to acarbose treatment: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis of the ascending colon related to acarbose treatment a case report Yilin Vogel1 Nikolaus J Buchner1 Michael Szpakowski2 Andrea Tannapfel3 and Bernhard F Henning1 Addresses department of Internal Medicine I Marienhospital Herne Ruhr-University Bochum Holkeskampring 40 44625 Herne Germany department of Radiology Marienhospital Herne Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum Holkeskampring 40 44625 Herne Germany department of Pathology Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitãtsklinikum Bergmannsheil Ruhr-University Bochum Burkle de la Camp-Platz 1 44789 Bochum Germany Email YV - NJB - MS - AT - BFH - Corresponding author Received 2 November 2008 Accepted 18 June 2009 Published 8 September 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 9216 doi 1752-1947-3-9216 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 9216 2009 Vogel et al. licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts in the intestinal wall the submucosa and or subserosa of the intestine. The term pneumatosis cystoides coli is synonymous with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis when the disorder is limited to the colon. It is a secondary finding caused by a wide variety of underlying gastrointestinal or extragastrointestinal diseases but rarely occurs in the course of treatment with an a-glucosidase inhibitor. This is the first report of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis after 12 years of treatment with the .
