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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 412-415 |
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Peritoneal free air due to evacuation of pneumobilia in blunt abdominal trauma
Isaac Howley, Shea C Gregg, Daithi S Heffernan, Charles A Adams
Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Correspondence Address:
Shea C Gregg
Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.70777
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Pneumobilia is mostly observed on computed tomography (CT) following surgical biliary-enteric anastomosis and biliary manipulation through endoscopic procedures. Although pneumobilia can be seen in pathological conditions, post-surgical pneumobilia is typically not associated with morbidity. In the present article, we report a case in which blunt abdominal trauma led to the evacuation of pre-existing pneumobilia causing pneumoperitoneum. Given that the subsequent laparotomy proved to be non-therapeutic, this report adds to the few cases of intra-peritoneal free air not helped by surgical intervention. |
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