Non-Surgical Pneumoperitoneum in Children
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چکیده
Pneumoperitoneum without intraabdominal hollow viscus perforation is termed as nonsurgical or spontaneous pneumoperitoneum, which does not demand surgical intervention. Because of rarity of this condition and symptomatic similarity with the pneumoperitomeum due to gut perforation, the condition diagnosed only after a negative laparotomy. Awareness of this entity, a detailed history and clinical evaluation is necessary to clear this diagnostic dilemma. The treatment of such cases solely depend on the primary causes of pneumoperitoneum. Here, we report two cases of pneumoperitoneum of different etiologies with a brief discussion of similar cases as reported in literature.
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