Acute Abdominal Pain and Radiological Pneumoperitoneum - Always an Indication for Laparotomy?

Pneumoperitoneum in the presence of acute abdominal pain is well recognised as an indication for laparotomy. We present a case of acute abdominal pain in the presence of an incidental pneumoperitoneum secondary to the rupture of pneumatosis intestinalis. We will discuss the importance of clinical co...

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Autores principales: Buckle, Christopher, Holdridge, Christopher, Xu, Tina, Akhwais, Falah, Sinha, Aaditya, Doddi, Sudeendra, Sinha, Prakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23519013
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr929w
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Sumario:Pneumoperitoneum in the presence of acute abdominal pain is well recognised as an indication for laparotomy. We present a case of acute abdominal pain in the presence of an incidental pneumoperitoneum secondary to the rupture of pneumatosis intestinalis. We will discuss the importance of clinical context in the diagnosis and management of pneumoperitoneum and pneumatosis intestinalis.

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