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Review
. 1991 Jan;23(1):46-7.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1010607.

Pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum after polypectomy

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Pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum after polypectomy

J Bakker et al. Endoscopy. 1991 Jan.

Abstract

A case of colonic perforation followed by the development of pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema as complications of colonoscopic polypectomy is described. Surgical intervention with primary closure was successfully performed 24 hours after perforation.

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