TY - JOUR
AU - Phillips, R K S
AB - Case report Br. J. Surg. 1990, Vol. 77, February, 155 Pneumatosis coli: a source of diagnostic confusion A. D. Spigelman, C. B. Williams, J. K. Ansell*, K. R. P. Flutter? and R. K. S. Phillips St. Mark’s Hospital and the Professorial Surgical Unit, St. Bartholornew‘s Hospital, 1 ondon. and * Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, and TFrimle y Park Hospital, Surrey, UK Correspondence to: Mr R. K. S. Phillips, St. Mark‘s Hospital, City Road, London ECIV 2PS, UK Figure 1 Before cyst deflation We report two sisters with pneumatosis coli who were destined for colonic resection for presumed familial adenomatous polyposis. Case 1 A 57-year-old nursing sister presented to her general practitioner in 1988 with tenesmus and change of bowel habit. Surgical referral followed, with marked polyposis being found on sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy. Four years earlier the patient had undergone a barium meal, sigmoidoscopy and barium enema for abdominal pain. These were normal. A family history of polyposis was not present. As a result of the 1988 findings proctocolectomy was planned. The patient was referred to St. Mark’s Hospital for assessment of her suitability for pouch reconstruction. Outpatient rectal polyp biopsy revealed inflammatory changes only. The patient was 
TI - Pneumatosis coli: A source of diagnostic confusion
JO - British Journal of Surgery
DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800770213
DA - 1990-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/pneumatosis-coli-a-source-of-diagnostic-confusion-9jwBL84PGY
SP - 155
EP - 155
VL - 77
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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