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KMID : 0352419940130030335
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Keimyung Medical Journal
1994 Volume.13 No. 3 p.335 ~ p.339
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Spontaneous Pneumoperitoneum Without Peritonitis: A Case Report
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Abstract
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Pneumoperitoneum is usually the result of hollow viscus perforation with associated peritonitis.
Nonsurgical spontaneous pneumoperitoneum incidental to intrathoracic, intraabdominal, gynecologic, iatrogenic, and other miscellaneous causes not associated with perforated viscus have been documented in the literature. A case of spontaneous
pneumoperitoneum following trauma on the chest and abdomen was treated by exploratory laparotomy. No perforated viscus was found. Pneumoperitoneum, preceded by a reasonable incidental cause in a patient with an adequate abdominal examination, may
warrant continued observation thus avoiding an unnecessary laparotomy.
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