An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?

Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis in the potential space of the abdominal cavity. It is generally considered a surgical emergency and is mostly due to perforated hollow viscus. Rarely, pneumoperitoneum might occur even in the absence of bowel perforation. We hereby present a case of pneumoperitoneum i...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sharma, Munish, Ojha, Pratima, Taweesedt, Pahnwat T, Ratnani, Iqbal, Surani, Salim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33510986
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12279
_version_ 1783641081565413376
author Sharma, Munish
Ojha, Pratima
Taweesedt, Pahnwat T
Ratnani, Iqbal
Surani, Salim
author_facet Sharma, Munish
Ojha, Pratima
Taweesedt, Pahnwat T
Ratnani, Iqbal
Surani, Salim
author_sort Sharma, Munish
collection PubMed
description Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis in the potential space of the abdominal cavity. It is generally considered a surgical emergency and is mostly due to perforated hollow viscus. Rarely, pneumoperitoneum might occur even in the absence of bowel perforation. We hereby present a case of pneumoperitoneum in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and pneumomediastinum, which was managed non-surgically.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7828748
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-78287482021-01-27 An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery? Sharma, Munish Ojha, Pratima Taweesedt, Pahnwat T Ratnani, Iqbal Surani, Salim Cureus Internal Medicine Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis in the potential space of the abdominal cavity. It is generally considered a surgical emergency and is mostly due to perforated hollow viscus. Rarely, pneumoperitoneum might occur even in the absence of bowel perforation. We hereby present a case of pneumoperitoneum in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and pneumomediastinum, which was managed non-surgically. Cureus 2020-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7828748/ /pubmed/33510986 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12279 Text en Copyright © 2020, Sharma et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Sharma, Munish
Ojha, Pratima
Taweesedt, Pahnwat T
Ratnani, Iqbal
Surani, Salim
An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
title An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
title_full An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
title_fullStr An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
title_full_unstemmed An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
title_short An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?
title_sort intriguing case of pneumoperitoneum in a patient with covid-19: do all pneumoperitoneum cases need surgery?
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33510986
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12279
work_keys_str_mv AT sharmamunish anintriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT ojhapratima anintriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT taweesedtpahnwatt anintriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT ratnaniiqbal anintriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT suranisalim anintriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT sharmamunish intriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT ojhapratima intriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT taweesedtpahnwatt intriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT ratnaniiqbal intriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery
AT suranisalim intriguingcaseofpneumoperitoneuminapatientwithcovid19doallpneumoperitoneumcasesneedsurgery

Ejemplares similares