A Case of Recurrent Pneumoperitoneum and Pneumatosis Intestinalis After Bilateral Lung Transplant.
Anti-Bacterial Agents
/ therapeutic use
Conservative Treatment
/ methods
Humans
Lung Transplantation
/ adverse effects
Male
Metronidazole
/ therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis
/ diagnostic imaging
Pneumoperitoneum
/ diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Fibrosis
/ diagnosis
Recurrence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Journal
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation
ISSN: 2146-8427
Titre abrégé: Exp Clin Transplant
Pays: Turkey
ID NLM: 101207333
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
7
6
2017
medline:
14
6
2019
entrez:
7
6
2017
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report a case of a 60-year-old male patient with recurrent episodes of free gas in the peritoneal and the retroperitoneal cavities as well as pneumatosis intestinalis 3 months after bilateral lung transplant. Interestingly, despite staged laparotomy within the scope of the first episode, no cause for free gas could be found. In a second episode of symptomatically pneumatosis, a conservative treatment with metro_nidazole was performed successfully. Despite several case reports on patients with pneumatosis intestinalis after lung transplant, an effective treatment strategy has not yet been proposed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 28585913
doi: 10.6002/ect.2016.0249
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Metronidazole
140QMO216E
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM