Uehara Hiroyuki, Yamakazi Yoshitaka, Akamatsu Taiji, Shimodaira Kazuhisa, Miyajima Masayuki
Department of Gastroenterology, Nagano Prefectural Shinshu Medical Center, Suzaka, Nagano, Japan.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagano Prefectural Shinshu Medical Center, Suzaka, Nagano, Japan.
ACG Case Rep J. 2024 Sep 5;11(9):e01492. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001492. eCollection 2024 Sep.
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is an uncommon condition characterized by the presence of a collection of individual gas cysts in the submucosa and subserosa of the intestine. The etiology of PCI is still unclear. We experienced 3 cases with PCI during treatment for pulmonary complex (MAC) infection. Each case was treated conservatively. We believe our case series will highlight the importance of examining the gastrointestinal tract of patients with MAC infection and hopefully elucidate the clinical characteristics of PCI which developed during MAC treatment.
肠气囊肿病（PCI）是一种罕见的病症，其特征是在肠道黏膜下层和浆膜下层存在多个单个的气囊肿。PCI的病因仍不清楚。我们在治疗非结核分枝杆菌复合群（MAC）感染过程中遇到了3例PCI患者。每例均采用保守治疗。我们认为我们的病例系列将突出检查MAC感染患者胃肠道的重要性，并有望阐明在MAC治疗期间发生的PCI的临床特征。
