A systematic analysis of pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis

Table 1 Geographical distribution of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in China n (%)

Province	Mean altitude (m)	Cases
Qinghai	4000	92 (38.5)
Sinkiang	2000	28 (11.7)
Beijing	50	21 (8.8)
Gansu	3000	17 (7.1)
Shanghai	4	10 (4.2)
Yunnan	1500	8 (3.3)
Shanxi	1000	8 (3.3)
Henan	1500	7 (2.9)
Tianjin	5	7 (2.9)
Sichuan	500	7 (2.9)
Tibet	4000	7 (2.9)
Shandong	1500	4 (1.7)
Shaanxi	1000	4 (1.7)
Zhejiang	50	3 (1.3)
Jiangxi	50	2 (0.8)
Guangdong	100	2 (0.8)
Kiangsu	50	2 (0.8)
Hainan	200	2 (0.8)
Heilongjiang	200	2 (0.8)
Jilin	800	2 (0.8)
Liaoning	500	2 (0.8)
Inner mongolia	1000	1 (0.4)
Hebei	400	1 (0.4)

Table 2 Pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis concomitant diseases and pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis complications n (%)

Total	n = 239
PCI concomitant diseases	104 (43.5)
Pyloric obstruction	31 (29.8)
Duodenal ulcer	18 (17.3)
Gastric ulcer	17 (16.3)
Pulmonary diseases	15 (14.4)
Intestinal diseases	17 (16.3)
Abdominal external injury or surgery	10 (9.6)
Malnutrition	27 (26.0)
Connective tissue disease	3 (2.9)
Diabetes mellitus	5 (4.8)
Hypertension	3 (2.9)
PCI complications	39 (16.3)
Intestinal obstruction	20 (51.3)
Intestinal perforation	14 (35.9)
Atypical hyperplasia and canceration	4 (10.2)
Intussusception and intestinal necrosis	1 (2.6)

PCI: Pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis.

Table 3 Pneumatosis cystoids intestinalis therapies and their efficiency n (%)

Methods	n	Efficiency
Antibiotics	19	5 (26.3)
Oxygen	41	28 (68.3)
Endoscopy	12	12 (100)
Surgery	97	97 (100)
Conservative	15	14 (93.3)
Antibiotics + Oxygen	1	1 (100)
Oxygen + Endoscopic	53	53 (100)
Oxygen + Surgery	6	6 (100)