Clinical Study Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2001

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: usefulness of an endoscopic ultrasonic catheter probe for diagnosis.

Shimada M, Ina K, Takahashi H, Horiuchi Y, Imada A, Nishio Y, et al. — Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2001

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers described the case of a 67-year-old woman with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis diagnosed using an endoscopic ultrasonic catheter probe and successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What They Found

Endoscopic ultrasound with an ultrasonic catheter probe revealed strong echoes with distal acoustic shadowing in the third layer of the diseased colonic wall, indicating gas in the submucosa. After 30 consecutive days of hyperbaric oxygen therapy at 2 to 3 atmospheres absolute (60 minutes, twice daily), the gaseous cysts completely disappeared.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted in Japan.

Study Limitations

The primary limitation of this study is its design as a single case report, which limits the generalizability of its findings.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Sudden Hearing Loss
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	11579952
Year Published	2001
Journal	Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
MeSH Terms	Aged; Colon; Endosonography; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis; Treatment Outcome

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