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Vol. 15 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2020.15.32

PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS DURING THE TREATMENT WITH PACLITAXEL FOR METASTATIC OVARIAN CANCER

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Received: October 16 2025
Published: October 16 2025
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Aldo Carnevale
Radiology Unit, Radiology Department, Sant’Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
Carmela Anna Di Ciesco
Radiology Unit, Radiology Department, Sant’Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
Olgerta Labaj
Radiology Unit, Radiology Department, Sant’Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
Ernesto D'Amato
Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Fabio Pellegrino
Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Luca Perrucci
dott.perrucciluca@gmail.com
Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Melchiorre Giganti
Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Ilaria Toma
Section of Oncology, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Gas within the bowel wall can be an incidental finding in Computed Tomography (CT) exams, with
increased frequency in oncological patients. Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is an unusual
subtype of this condition which mainly affects the colon, and which is characterized by circular air
collections in the bowel wall. We report a case of a 74-year-old woman treated with Paclitaxel for
metastatic ovarian cancer, in which a restaging CT scan showed PCI involving the right colon with
microperforation. Subsequent CT performed after changing the therapeutic regimen showed a
reduction in these findings. In oncological patients, PCI can be an incidental finding and can be
safely managed conservatively

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PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS DURING THE TREATMENT WITH PACLITAXEL FOR METASTATIC OVARIAN CANCER. (2025). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 15. https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2020.15.32
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