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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct;63(10):766-768.

Benign pneumatosis intestinalis: Dilemma for primary care clinicians

Gunit Kang  1
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Case Reports

Benign pneumatosis intestinalis: Dilemma for primary care clinicians

Gunit Kang. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Oct.
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Figure 1.
Cross-sectional view of computed tomography angiography of the chest showing free subdiaphragmatic air
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Figure 2.
Coronal view of computed tomography angiography of the chest showing extraintestinal air bilaterally below the diaphragm
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