Abstract

DE LA TORRE SILVA, Caridad et al. Non-surgical spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. Rev cubana med [online]. 2010, vol.49, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-302X.

Presence of air in abdominal cavity or pneumoperitoneum in most cases, indicates a severe abdominal lesion and thus it is necessary an urgent surgical treatment. This is the case of a patient carrier of a fungoid mycosis which during admission according a convulsive picture, a bilateral pneumoperitoneum was diagnosed without symptoms and signs of peritonitis, considering a non-surgical spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. Leading causes of this affection were emphasized and there was a conservative therapeutical attitude. Patient's course was satisfactory.

Keywords : Pneumoperitoneum; peritonitis.

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