Pneumatosis intestinalis with free air mimicking intestinal perforation in a bone marrow transplant patient

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1994 Aug;14(2):323-6.

Abstract

A case of pneumatosis intestinalis with perforation is reported in a patient after bone marrow allograft for chronic myeloid leukemia. Risk factors included the transplant, prolonged immunosuppression and neutropenia, graft-versus-host disease, extended use of corticosteroids, infection and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic biopsy. The literature is reviewed and a management plan for patients presenting with this complication is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
  • Intestinal Perforation / therapy
  • Male
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology*
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / therapy
  • Transplantation, Homologous