Pneumatosis [correction of Pneumocystis] cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum in a patient with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1999 Aug;24(3):331-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701897.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Graft vs Host Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology*
  • Pneumoperitoneum / etiology*
  • Retropneumoperitoneum / etiology*