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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;60(1):60-1.

Pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and bilateral pneumothorax caused by ERCP

Abdullah Ozgonul  1 , Hasan Cece, Ozgur Sogut, Deniz Demir, Ibrahim Can Kurkcuoglus
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  • PMID: 20055284
Case Reports

Pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and bilateral pneumothorax caused by ERCP

Abdullah Ozgonul et al. J Pak Med Assoc. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is one of the mainstay procedure treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. Life-threatening complications such as pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax related to this procedure rarely occur and only a few cases are reported in English literature. Herein, we report a patient who developed acute abdominal symptoms with subcutaneous emphysema and bilateral pneumothorax due to duodenal perforation, accompaniment of ERCP that was successfuly treated.

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