A pediatric case of spinal muscular atrophy type I with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis

Abstract

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI), a condition in which small cystic emphysema forms in the intestinal wall, is rarely reported in children. This article describes the case of a 9-year-old girl with spinal muscular atrophy type I, who was found to have PCI due to persistent mucous blood in her stool. She responded well to hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Had we known the characteristic imaging findings, we could have identified the PCI earlier.