Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum without gastrointestinal perforation in a low-birth weight infant: A rare type of air leak syndrome

Hideaki Nakajima, MD; Masaya Yamoto, MD; Koji Fukumoto, MD; Akinori Sekioka, MD; Akiyoshi Nomura, MD; Kei Ohyama, MD; Yutaka Yamada, MD; Naoto Urushihara, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum without gastrointestinal perforation in a low-birth weight infant: A rare type of air leak syndrome

Hideaki Nakajima, MD,
Masaya Yamoto, MD,
Koji Fukumoto, MD,
Akinori Sekioka, MD,
Akiyoshi Nomura, MD,
Kei Ohyama, MD,
Yutaka Yamada, MD,
Naoto Urushihara, MD

Affiliations

Hideaki Nakajima, MD: Corresponding author.; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Masaya Yamoto, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Koji Fukumoto, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Akinori Sekioka, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Akiyoshi Nomura, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Kei Ohyama, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Yutaka Yamada, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan
Naoto Urushihara, MD: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-8660, Shizuoka, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 7
pp. 926 – 928

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Neonatal free air on X-ray images is generally due to intestinal perforation, and requires surgical intervention. However, some cases without intestinal perforation show free air on X-ray images. Pneumoperitoneum without perforation is caused by an air leak syndrome. We present here the case of a low-birth-weight infant with free air on X-ray images, who had no evidence of intestinal perforation intraoperatively.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/radiology-case-reports/

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