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Pneumocystis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum in a patient with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 24, pages 331–333 (1999)Cite this article

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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare finding of intramural gasfilled cysts in the bowel wall and sometimes free air in the abdomen. A few conditions are reported to cause this disease, one of them being immunosuppression. We describe a 50-year-old Caucasian male with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of the gut and skin who developed PCI with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PCI occurring in a patient with active chronic GVHD which resolved spontaneously.

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  1. Department of Medicine I, Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Vienna, Austria

    A Schulenburg, HT Greinix, E Reiter, F Keil & P Kalhs

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Vienna, Austria

    C Herold & E Eisenhuber

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Vienna, Austria

    G Oberhuber

  4. Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna, Austria

    B Volc-Platzer

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Schulenburg, A., Herold, C., Eisenhuber, E. et al. Pneumocystis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum in a patient with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease. Bone Marrow Transplant 24, 331–333 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1701897

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