Penetrating trauma Blunt traumatic rupture of the duodenum Pelvic trauma with perforation of the rectum Postoperative Post-diagnostic procedure Spontaneous colon perforation Extension from pneumomediastinum Gas-containing retroperitoneal abscess Duodenal perforation is…
Fig. 3.1 Sites of free intraperitoneal air in the abdomen on US examination (Modified from Beyer and Modder [21]) 3.2.1 US of Pneumoperitoneum Free air in abdominal cavity can give…
Fig. 10.1 A 24-year-old male patient admitted to the emergency department after a blunt abdominal trauma (motor vehicle accident). (a) Plain film radiograph, upright view, shows scarce amount of air…
Fig. 17.1 A 51-year-old woman presenting with dyspnea after a liver transplant. Axial CT image shows free intraperitoneal liquid (black arrow), the collapsed inferior vena cava (arrowhead), and the “round…
Fig. 14.1 Abdominal CT scan. CT image shows even small amounts of free air (a–d). Additional CT shows the site of the perforation (a, white circle), focal thickening of the…
Fig. 7.1 MDCT MPR coronal oblique image shows inflammation of the appendix with fluid-filled lumen, associated to inflammatory thickening of the caecal wall In cases of severe appendicitis, it is…
Fig. 11.1 Surgically confirmed right colon perforation caused by a salted codfish bone in a 56-year-old woman complaining with vague abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced images (a–c: axial views, d: coronal thin-slab…
Fig 5.1 Axial MPR CT image. Perforation of the anterior wall of the gastric antrum. Focal defect in the anterior wall of the gastric antrum associated with surrounding mural thickening…
Fig. 2.1 Upright posteroanterior chest radiograph: evidence of free air beneath the right and left hemidiaphragms Fig. 2.2 Left lateral decubitus film of the abdomen in a patient with free…
Fig. 6.1 A 38-year-old patient with acute abdomen from ileal perforation. CT examination shows the presence of free peritoneal air with falciform ligament sign (a, b) and some small peritoneal…
