title: Clinically significant benign pneumoperitoneum as a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
abstract: Benign pneumoperitoneum is a complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube placement. The rate of occurrence is reported as up to 25%. It is usually an incidental finding that arises immediately following the procedure. We report a case of pneumoperitoneum that developed a significant time after the initial procedure. The patient developed intractable vomiting and had to be fed parenterally. The pneumoperitoneum resolved and the gastrostomy tube feed was re-started.
authors.affiliation: The Wellington Hospital, London, UK. l.bradley@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: D B A
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Silk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology