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


FINDINGS:
Evidence of free air in the abdominal cavity, below the right crus of the diaphragm. Spotted contrast accumulation in the descending and sigmoid colon due to a previous examination with contrast medium (Barium) several days ago.

DIAGNOSIS:
Pneumoperitoneum, diverticulosis of the descending and sigmoid colon.

Web resources:

Pneumoperitoneum:
1) Chorus
2) Harvard
3) Amersham Health

Diverticulosis:
1) AHC-Consilium
2) Uni Frankfurt a.M.