Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is a widely used diagnostic and curative procedure. Extraperitoneal perforation with pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema combined with intraperitoneal perforation is an extremely rare complication. We report a case of a 78-year-old woman presented to the e...

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Autores principales: Falidas, Evangelos, Anyfantakis, Georgios, Vlachos, Konstantinos, Goudeli, Christina, Stavros, Boutzouvis, Villias, Constantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3457598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23024878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/108791
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author Falidas, Evangelos
Anyfantakis, Georgios
Vlachos, Konstantinos
Goudeli, Christina
Stavros, Boutzouvis
Villias, Constantinos
author_facet Falidas, Evangelos
Anyfantakis, Georgios
Vlachos, Konstantinos
Goudeli, Christina
Stavros, Boutzouvis
Villias, Constantinos
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description Colonoscopy is a widely used diagnostic and curative procedure. Extraperitoneal perforation with pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema combined with intraperitoneal perforation is an extremely rare complication. We report a case of a 78-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and diffuse abdominal, chest, neck, and facial swelling appeared after a diagnostic colonoscopy. Diagnostic and therapeutic modalities are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-34575982012-09-28 Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy Falidas, Evangelos Anyfantakis, Georgios Vlachos, Konstantinos Goudeli, Christina Stavros, Boutzouvis Villias, Constantinos Case Rep Surg Case Report Colonoscopy is a widely used diagnostic and curative procedure. Extraperitoneal perforation with pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema combined with intraperitoneal perforation is an extremely rare complication. We report a case of a 78-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and diffuse abdominal, chest, neck, and facial swelling appeared after a diagnostic colonoscopy. Diagnostic and therapeutic modalities are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3457598/ /pubmed/23024878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/108791 Text en Copyright © 2012 Evangelos Falidas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Falidas, Evangelos
Anyfantakis, Georgios
Vlachos, Konstantinos
Goudeli, Christina
Stavros, Boutzouvis
Villias, Constantinos
Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy
title Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy
title_full Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy
title_fullStr Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy
title_full_unstemmed Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy
title_short Pneumoperitoneum, Retropneumoperitoneum, Pneumomediastinum, and Diffuse Subcutaneous Emphysema following Diagnostic Colonoscopy
title_sort pneumoperitoneum, retropneumoperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, and diffuse subcutaneous emphysema following diagnostic colonoscopy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3457598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23024878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/108791
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