SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOPERITONEUM AND RETROPNE UMOPERITONEUM WITHOUT ALIMENTARY-TRACT PERFORATION

Authors
KIRCHNER J LORENZ M HEYD R GUTE P JACOBI V
Citation
J. Kirchner et al., SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOPERITONEUM AND RETROPNE UMOPERITONEUM WITHOUT ALIMENTARY-TRACT PERFORATION, Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 121(10), 1996, pp. 861-865
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044409X
Volume
121
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
861 - 865
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-409X(1996)121:10<861:SPARUW>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Asymptomatic radiologically recognised pneumoperitoneum still remains a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma, because free intraperitoneal air is not necessarily caused by alimentary tract perforation. We present two cases of nonsurgical pneumoperitoneum (caused by pneumomediastinu m and pneumatosis intestinalis cystoides) and their typical radiologic findings. Other causes of pneumoperitoneum that do not necessitate la parotomy so as cited in the radiologic and surgical literature are dis cussed.