Pneumatosis cystoides coli recurs after oxygen treatment. A clue to the pathogenesis?

Two patients with pneumatosis cystoides coli associated with chronic pulmonary disease are described. In both patients, cysts and symptoms recurred after successful treatment with O2. Both patients had exceptionally high expiratory H2 fasting values. On the basis of these and other observations a ne...

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Published inEuropean surgical research Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 225
Main Authors van der Linden, W, Höflin, F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 01.01.1978
Subjects
Asthma - complications
Asthma - drug therapy
Blood Gas Analysis
Colonic Diseases - drug therapy
Colonic Diseases - etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oxygen - therapeutic use
Oxygen Consumption
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - drug therapy
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - etiology
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis - physiopathology
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Summary:Two patients with pneumatosis cystoides coli associated with chronic pulmonary disease are described. In both patients, cysts and symptoms recurred after successful treatment with O2. Both patients had exceptionally high expiratory H2 fasting values. On the basis of these and other observations a new hypothesis is proposed for the pathogenesis of the cysts and for their frequent association with chronic pulmonary disease. It is suggested that the cysts result from excessive colonic gas production in a patient unable to excrete this excess gas via the lungs.
ISSN:0014-312X
DOI:10.1159/000128011