TY - JOUR
T1 - Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum
AU - López-Cano, Manuel
AU - Vilallonga-Puy, Ramon
AU - Lozoya-Trujillo, Roberto
AU - Espin-Basany, Eloi
AU - Sánchez-García, José Luis
AU - Armengol-Carrasco, Manel
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - We report the case of a 48-year-old man who was admitted to the intensive care unit for acute respiratory distress. After discharge, the patient showed massive pneumoperitoneum. None of the complementary investigations provided information on the cause. The patient underwent surgery but no intraoperative diagnosis was reached. We believe that this case is of interest since pneumoperitoneum is a frequent entity that often leads to emergency laparotomy. The cause is usually perforation, although in a substantial proportion of cases the pneumoperitoneum is non-surgical, or idiopathic.
AB - We report the case of a 48-year-old man who was admitted to the intensive care unit for acute respiratory distress. After discharge, the patient showed massive pneumoperitoneum. None of the complementary investigations provided information on the cause. The patient underwent surgery but no intraoperative diagnosis was reached. We believe that this case is of interest since pneumoperitoneum is a frequent entity that often leads to emergency laparotomy. The cause is usually perforation, although in a substantial proportion of cases the pneumoperitoneum is non-surgical, or idiopathic.
KW - Benign
KW - Idiopathic
KW - Pneumoperitoneum
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645450916&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0009-739X(05)70901-5
DO - 10.1016/S0009-739X(05)70901-5
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 16420808
VL - 78
SP - 112
EP - 114
IS - 2
ER -