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Gastroent Hepat Barc · Feb 2010
Case Reports[Rupture of a pyogenic liver abscess: a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum].
- Daniel Gambí Pisonero, Fernando Garrido Menéndez, Eloy Sancho Calatrava, and Ana Serantes Gómez.
- Servicios de Cirugía General y de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Santa Bárbara, Puertollano, Ciudad Real, España. daniel.gambi@gmail.com
- Gastroent Hepat Barc. 2010 Feb 1;33(2):99-101.
AbstractSpontaneous pneumoperitoneum is a common finding in patients with abdominal disorders. In 90% of cases, this entity results from hollow viscera perforation. Rupture of a pyogenic liver abscess is an infrequent complication occurring in 5 to 15% of cases. Pneumoperitoneum secondary to intraperitoneal rupture of an abscess is extremely rare and very few cases have been reported in the literature. Given its clinical interest, we report a case of pneumoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of a gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess.Copyright 2009 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.
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