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. 1988 Jun;29(6):852–855. doi: 10.1136/gut.29.6.852

Cystic pneumatosis in coeliac disease.

J M Sackier 1, E J Smith 1, C B Wood 1
PMCID: PMC1433731  PMID: 3384370

Abstract

This report presents a patient with proximal small bowel cystic pneumatosis associated with poorly controlled coeliac disease and pseudo-obstruction. Cystic pneumatosis is rare in the proximal small bowel and we can find no report of its occurrence in association with coeliac disease.

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