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MASSIVE INTESTINAL PNEUMATOSIS AND PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM FOLLOWING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN A 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD
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  • Giorgia Contini,
  • Arianna Bertocchini,
  • Roberto Carta,
  • Pietro Merli,
  • Alessandro Inserra,
  • Pietro Bagolan,
  • Francesco Morini
Giorgia Contini
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

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Arianna Bertocchini
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
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Roberto Carta
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
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Pietro Merli
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
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Alessandro Inserra
Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital - IRCCS, Rome
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Pietro Bagolan
Bambino Gesù Children Hospital
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Francesco Morini
Bambino Gesù Children Hospital
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Abstract

A 2-year-old boy with severe combined immunodeficiency developed gut graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), associated with massive intestinal pneumatosis (IP), pneumoretroperitoneum (PRP) and pneumomediastinum. His fair clinical conditions allowed conservative management, with progressive normalization of imaging findings. The patient did not require surgery and is alive and in good clinical conditions at follow-up. In children with GVHD-related IP but good clinical conditions and no signs of peritonitis, IP, is not a mandatory indication for surgery, despite its potentially striking imaging features. Conservative management, with intestinal rest, decompression and antibiotics, often allows regression of the clinical picture.