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© 1991 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS AND PNEUMOPERITONEUM COMPLICATING MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE

YVONNE L. W. PUN*, D. M. RUSSELL{dagger}, G. J. TAGGART{dagger} and D. R. E. BARRACLOUGH

Rheumatology Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3050
{dagger}Gastroenterology Units Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia 3050

Correspondence to: Correspondence to Dr D. Barraclough

Correspondence to: *Current address: Rheumatology Registrar, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia 3081

A case of a young woman with a 3-year history of mixed connective tissue disease who developed secondary pneumatosis intestinalis and pneumoperitoneum and died shortly after of rapidly progressive disease is reported. The pathogenesis, otreatment and prognosis of this unusual complication in mixed connective tissue disease are discussed.

KEY WORDS: Mixed connective tissue disease, Systemic scleroderma, Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, Pneumoperitoneum


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