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Intramural gas

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Intramural gas (also known as pneumatosis intestinalis) refers to gas within the wall of the bowel and is associated with ischaemia and infarction.

Gas tracks along the wall, either located submucosally or subserosally appearing as either linear (usually submucosal) or rounded cystic collections (usually subserosal) 1.

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