Solomon A, Bar-Ziv J, Stern D, Papo J. Computed tomographic demonstration of intramural colonic air (pneumatosis coli) as a feature of severe ulcerative colitis.
GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOLOGY 1987;
12:169-71. [PMID:
3556979 DOI:
10.1007/bf01885132]
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Abstract
Fast rotational computed tomographic scanning techniques allow an accurate appreciation of the diameter of the colon, the presence of severe necrotizing mucosal change, and the detection of unsuspected intramural colonic air (pneumatosis coli) in cases of severe necrotizing ulcerative colitis.
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