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

FINDINGS:
Air-fluid level in the small intestine.
Perforation of a hollow organ with free air in abdominal cavity, such as in the case of stomach perforation or perforation of a duodenal ulcer.


DIAGNOSIS:
Paralytic ileus of the small intestine and pneumoperitoneum.

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