title: Benign pneumoperitoneum after colonoscopy.
abstract: Pneumoperitoneum frequently indicates a perforated abdominal viscus that requires emergent surgical management. However; pneumoperitoneum, on rare occasion, can occur without perforation. In these cases, it is defined as benign pneumoperitoneum. Benign pneumoperitoneum means asymptomatic free intra-abdominal air or pneumoperitoneum without peritonitis and can occur occasionally with colonoscopy. In this paper, we present a rare case of benign pneumoperitoneum that developed after diagnostic colonoscopy and review it in conjunction with the current literature.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Cankiri State Hospital, 18100 Cankiri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ustek
authors.forename: Mertay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boran
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kismet