title: Spontaneous gastric perforation in a neonate presenting with massive hydroperitoneum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, 505, Banpo-dong Seocho-gu, Seoul, 150-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Soo Ah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Gye-Yeon
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Seong Tai
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: 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