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. 2016 Jan-Mar;9(1):40-2.
doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.167666.

Fulminant pneumatosis coli: A rare presentation of hollow viscus injury after blunt abdominal trauma

Peter Waterland  1 , Alexander David Jones  1 , Aikaterini Peleki  1 , Miguel Zilvetti  1
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Fulminant pneumatosis coli: A rare presentation of hollow viscus injury after blunt abdominal trauma

Peter Waterland et al. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2016 Jan-Mar.
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Figure 1
Axial cross-section imaging identifying pneumatosis coli of the caecum
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Figure 2
Coronal computed tomography slice identifying pneumatosis coli of right colonhemodynamically
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