Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Pneumoperitônio idiopático: relato de caso

  • Enio Campos Amico,
  • Danilo Vendrame Vivas,
  • José Roberto Alves

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912011000200014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 2
pp. 142 – 144

Abstract

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Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum is considered a rare condition, as only twenty cases have been described in the last thirty years. The authors report a case of idiopathic massive pneumoperitoneum in a patient aged 45, showing the possible causes of this clinical picture based on a review of medical literature.

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