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, otreatment and prognosis of this unusual complication in mixed c...

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Published inRheumatology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 146 - 149
Main Authors PUN, YVONNE L. W., RUSSELL, D. M., TAGGART, G. J., BARRACLOUGH, D. R. E.
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LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.04.1991
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Mixed connective tissue disease
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
Pneumoperitoneum
Systemic scleroderma
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Summary: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, otreatment and prognosis of this unusual complication in mixed connective tissue disease are discussed.
Bibliography:ArticleID:30.2.146
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Correspondence to Dr D. Barraclough
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ISSN:1462-0324
1462-0332
DOI:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.146