Benign pneumoperitoneum in newborns is not a rare condition that should be managed conservatively. Neonatologists and surgical teams should work together to avoid unnecessary and potentially risky procedures.
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J Surg Case Rep
November 2024
General Surgery Department, Unidade Local de Saúde de Lisboa Ocidental, E.P.E., Estrada Forte do Alto Duque, 1449-005, Lisboa, Portugal.
Pneumoperitoneum, characterized by the presence of air in the peritoneal cavity, is usually associated with severe clinical conditions, such as perforations of hollow viscera, often requiring urgent surgical intervention. However, in rare cases, pneumoperitoneum occurs without an identifiable cause, thus classified as idiopathic pneumoperitoneum. We present two clinical cases of women who developed pneumoperitoneum after extensive gynecological surgeries.
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December 2024
Department of Surgery, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Introduction: Chilaiditi syndrome is a rare disease that has ultimate clinical significance as it can result in misdiagnosis and serious consequences.
Case Presentation: A 65-year-old male patient presented to our hospital with sudden onset of severe, crampy peri-umbilical abdominal pain of 12 h duration. This patient was referred to our hospital for surgical intervention as the patient was misdiagnosed to have generalized peritonitis.
S Afr J Surg
October 2024
Department of Surgery, Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Endoscopy is widely used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in modern clinical practice. Two of the less common complications are barotrauma and benign pneumoperitoneum. In isolation, these two complications have been successfully managed conservatively.
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October 2024
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and pneumoperitoneum are some of the complications after lung transplantation (LT). But only limited reports are published. The purpose of this study is to review our experience and perform a systematic review to discuss the possible causes, risk factors, and management.
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November 2024
Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Department of Radiology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Intramural bowel gas (Pneumatosis intestinalis) refers to the radiological or clinical evidence of gas within the wall of the bowel lumen. While intramural gas could be secondary to life-threatening pathologies such as mesenteric ischemia in adults and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates, it could also occur as a rare benign sub-type called Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, which is characterized by multiple gas-filled cysts in the submucosa and/or subserosal of the gastrointestinal tract. Distinguishing between life-threatening Pneumatosis intestinalis and its benign subtypes requires careful clinical and imaging evaluation.
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