CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient with severe abdominal pains associated with guarding and rigidity of the abdominal wall.



FINDINGS:
Patient with severe abdominal pains.
Abdomen in supine position: no pathological findings in the erect abdominal radiograph: Suspicion of free air below the right leaflet of the diaphragm.
Abdomen in left lateral position: Confirmation of the suspicion of free air between diaphragm and liver.


DIAGNOSIS:
Pneumoperitoneum

 

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1) Chorus
2) Harvard
3) Amersham Health


 




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