Spontaneous gastric perforation in a neonate presenting with massive hydroperitoneum.
We report the imaging findings in a case of neonatal spontaneous gastric perforation presenting as massive hydroperitoneum rather than pneumoperitoneum. Plain abdominal radiography showed a diffuse ground-glass opacity with paucity of bowel gas. Subsequent ultrasonography demonstrated numerous echogenic peritoneal fluid collections containing echogenic debris shown at surgery to be due to milk and bile.
Im
Soo Ah
SA
Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 505, Banpo-dong Seocho-gu, Seoul, 150-701, Korea.
Lim
Gye-Yeon
GY
Hahn
Seong Tai
ST
D001826:Body Fluids; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional