Fig. 2From: Prolonged postoperative ileus in a patient with primary pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: a case reportSurgical findings. The dilated bowel loops had multiple, small, intramural nodules. The gas-filled cysts were palpated as elastic nodules located in the bowel walls (a) and appeared like multiple submucosal tumors covered with normal mucosa in the resected specimen (b). Arrows indicate lesionsBack to article page