Recurrent pneumoperitoneum after hysterectomy.
In most instances, patients with an acute abdomen and pneumoperitoneum have a perforated hollow viscus as the underlying cause. Clinicians must not forget, however, some of the less common causes of free air in the abdomen. We describe pneumoperitoneum from a vaginoperitoneal fistula, developing after hysterectomy, well known to gynecologists, but rarely noted in the medical literature.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D014624:Vaginal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery