Medication-induced Pneumatosis Intestinalis

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Experience and Reason| April 01 1997 Medication-induced Pneumatosis Intestinalis Burris Duncan, MD; Burris Duncan, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Leslie L. Barton, MD; Leslie L. Barton, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Martha L. Eicher, MD; Martha L. Eicher, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Vince T. Chmielarczyk, CPNP; Vince T. Chmielarczyk, CPNP Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Steven H. Erdman, MD; Steven H. Erdman, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rebecca L. Hulett, MD Rebecca L. Hulett, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Reprint requests to (B.D.) Department of Pediatrics, Steele Memorial Children's Research Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724. Pediatrics (1997) 99 (4): 633–636. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.99.4.633 Article history Received: May 21 1996 Accepted: September 03 1996 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Burris Duncan, Leslie L. Barton, Martha L. Eicher, Vince T. Chmielarczyk, Steven H. Erdman, Rebecca L. Hulett; Medication-induced Pneumatosis Intestinalis. Pediatrics April 1997; 99 (4): 633–636. 10.1542/peds.99.4.633 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All PublicationsAll JournalsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP Grand RoundsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: diarrhea, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, sorbitol, cysts, intestines, gastrostomy tubes Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is often seen secondary to necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants in association with perinatal stress. Surgical intervention is frequently necessary to prevent extensive necrosis of the bowel wall, sepsis, and death. PI is an unusual finding in children beyond the first year of life, and medical treatment is usually sufficient. We report the case of a 7-year-old child with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and chronic, persistent, unexplained diarrhea in whom hematochezia developed and who was found to have pneumatoceles in the wall of his large bowel. An extensive evaluation led to the diagnosis of medication-induced chronic diarrhea with associated PI, and conservative treatment reversed the process. The diagnosis and treatment of PI in the child beyond the neonatal period are reviewed in this report. C.T. was born to a gravida 3, para 1 mother after a 37-week gestation, which was complicated only by early dilation of the... You do not currently have access to this content.