Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum without gastrointestinal perforation in a low-birth weight infant: A rare type of air leak syndrome

Neonatal free air on X-ray images is generally due to intestinal perforation, and requires surgical intervention. However, some cases without intestinal perforation show free air on X-ray images. Pneumoperitoneum without perforation is caused by an air leak syndrome. We present here the case of a lo...

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Published in:Radiol Case Rep
Main Authors: Nakajima, Hideaki, Yamoto, Masaya, Fukumoto, Koji, Sekioka, Akinori, Nomura, Akiyoshi, Ohyama, Kei, Yamada, Yutaka, Urushihara, Naoto
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2020
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Pediatric
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215104/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32419888
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.04.036
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