Benign pneumoperitoneum in a patient with celiac sprue.
A patient with celiac sprue was found to have an asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum. Prompt recognition that the pneumoperitoneum was due to pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis prevented unnecessary surgical intervention. Severe mucosal disease of the small intestine can be associated with an asymptomatic pneumoperitoneum.
Khouri
M R
MR
Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Levine
M S
MS
Dabezies
M
M
Saul
S H
SH
D000368:Aged; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography