A RARE CAUSE OF PNEUMOPERITONEUM: PERFORATED APPENDICITIS

Authors

  • Serdar Şahin
  • Turgut Cavusoglu
  • Mehmet Kubat
  • Hasan Calis

Abstract

Peptic ulcer perforation is the most common cause of pneumoperitoneum (75%). The rate of the perforation of acute appendicitis is 20–30% and the rate of its co-occurrence with pneumoperitoneum is 0–7%. In this report, a patient with sub-diaphragmatic free air due to perforated appendicitis.Keywords: Pneumoperitoneum, Perforated appendicitis

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Published

2016-06-01

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (2016): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

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CASE REPORT

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