[Tension pneumothorax from a perforated gastric ulcer].
Fistulous communications between the abdomen and pleural space are rare. The Authors report a case of hydropneumothorax following transdiaphragmatic perforation of an anterior wall gastric ulcer.
Crozier
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F
Service de radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Henri Duffaut, Avignon. FCrozier@ch-avignon.fr
Santelmo
N
N
Beyrne
C D
CD
Hirschi
S
S
Angelvin
G
G
Naffa
N
N
Arwidson
I
I
Roumieu
G
G
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