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. 2017 Sep 19;7(4):255–257. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1356188

Table 1.

Cases of esophageal pneumatosis reported.

Ref. Age Sex Etiology Treatment Follow up
Vanasin et al. [6] 62 f Esophageal stricture None Postmortem diagnosis. Died of aspiration pneumonia
Katz et al. [7] 85 f Post esophagoscopy Surgery Died in 6 weeks
Katz et al. [7] 46 f Post esophagoscopy Surgery Survived
Katz et al. [7] 39 f Post esophagoscopy Antibiotics Survived
McKelvie et al. [8] 76 m Infection None Postmortem diagnosis
Tixedor et al. [9] 74 f Post pancreato-duodenectomy Nasogastric aspiration Survived
Mclaughlin et al. [10] 77 m Gastric dilatation 100% oxygen Survived
Yahng et al. [11] 62 f Chemotherapy and neutropenia Observation Died in 5 weeks due to ARDS