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VELBES MARQUETTI, Pedro E.; ASTENCIO RODRIGUEZ, Gloria; GARIB ALPIZAR, Onix C.  e  MENDOZA DELGADO, Sonia. Intestinal cystic pneumatosis associated with a celiac disease. Rev cubana med [online]. 2009, vol.48, n.4, pp. 231-237. ISSN 1561-302X.

Intestinal cystic pneumatosis in most cases is a unexpected radiologic finding suggesting the presence of an alarming pathologic condition, its appearance during the celiac disease course is a infrequent situation in the medical practice, there is a scarce literature supporting it. In present paper the case of a young adult female admitted in Gastroenterology service of "Hermanos Ameijeiras" Clinical Surgical Hospital with a abdominal distention, dyspepsia, vomiting and weight loss underwent to multiple imaging studies (US, thorax X-ray), endoscopy (jejunoscopy plus jejunum biopsy)m as well as celiac disease markers. We conclude that this is a celiac disease in an adult patient associated with intestinal cystic pneumatosis evolving favourably after a specific medical treatment with antibiotic-therapy, oxygen-therapy and diet for the celiac disease.

Palavras-chave : Intestinal cystic pneumatosis; celiac disease.