Acute abdomen with intraperitoneal free gas: a diagnostic pitfall of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis—a case report
This case report demonstrates the diagnostic difficulties in patients with peritonitis with abdominal free gas in intestinal gas cysts, reveals the potential role of abnormal intestinal flora, especially the never reported colonization by Phocaeicola vulgatus, in the development of PCI combined with abdominal free gas.
Authors
- Hao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2169-1712)
- Yanhui Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3896-916X)
Institutions
- First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1588800
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01