title: Tension fecal pneumothorax in a postpartum patient.
abstract: A 20-year-old woman developed severe shortness of breath 4 h after a cesarean section. Chest roentgenogram showed a pleural effusion and tension pneumothorax; insertion of a chest tube drained liquid stool. At surgery she was found to have a left diaphragmatic defect with herniation, strangulation, and perforation of the transverse colon into the pleural cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC), Miami Beach 33140.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lacayo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Taveras
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sosa
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ratzan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*