Radiological features of tension pneumoperitoneum
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Radiological features of tension pneumoperitoneum.
To cite: Joshi D, Ganai B. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-211148 DESCRIPTION An unconscious 35-year-old man with a history of recreational drugs intake presented with extremely distended and tympanic abdomen. Despite resuscitation, the patient was in shock. A CT scan of the thorax and the abdomen demonstrated extensive pneumoperitoneum that ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211148