Rare cause of acute surgical abdomen with free intraperitoneal air: Spontaneous perforated pyometra. A report of 2 cases

BACKGROUND: The acute abdomen accounts for up to 40% of all emergency surgical hospital admissions and a large proportion are secondary to gastrointestinal perforation. Studies have shown the superiority of the abdominal CT over upright chest radiographs in demonstrating free intraperitoneal air. Sp...

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Autores principales: Lim, Siew Fung, Lee, Song Liang, Chiow, Adrian Kah Heng, Foo, Chek Siang, Wong, Andrew Siang Yih, Tan, Su-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23569488
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.882629

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