RT Book, Section A1 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 58097956 T1 Pneumatosis Intestinalis T2 Quick Answers Surgery YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58097956 RD 2024/03/29 AB • Gas filled cysts in the wall of the intestine and mesentery• May be primary and idiopathic; an incidental finding; or secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infectious gastroenteritis, or connective tissue disorders• Fulminant pneumatosis is associated with bacterial infection and necrosis of the bowel wall.