Pneumatosis intestinalis causes
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Causes
Causes can be categorized into benign and life-threatening causes.
- Benign
- Pulmonary: asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, cystic fibrosis
- Systemic disease: scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus
- Intestinal causes: enteritis, peptic ulcers, bowel obstruction, adynamic ileus, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis
- Iatrogenic: postsurgical anastomosis, endoscopy
- Medications: corticosteroids, chemotherapeutic agents, lactulose
- Organ transplantation
- Primary pneumatosis: idiopathic, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
- Life-threatening
- Intestinal ischemia
- Mesenteric vascular disease
- Intestinal obstruction (especially strangulation)
- Colitis
- Ingestion of corrosive agents
- Toxic megacolon
- Trauma