A Case of Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum Caused by Giant Bulla / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
; : 366-371, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
A spontaneous pneumoperitoneum is air in the peritoneal space that is detectable radiologically and can be managed successfully by observation alone or a laparotomy. A 73-year-old man was admitted for low back pain. He had a giant bulla in the left upper lung, detected radiologically 7 years earlier. On admission, he had free air in the subphrenic area bilaterally, while the previous giant bulla was not seen. Based on the physical examination, we thought that the new free air did not indicate a surgical abdomen, and performed additional examinations to rule out other disease. There was no abnormal finding linked to the free air. The free air had almost disappeared on a subsequent chest X-ray. We report a rare case of spontaneous pneumoperitoneum caused by a giant bulla, with a literature review
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Main subject:
Physical Examination
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Pneumoperitoneum
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Thorax
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Blister
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Low Back Pain
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Abdomen
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Laparotomy
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Lung
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2011
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Article