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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun 7;13(6):e236518.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236518.

Tension pneumoperitoneum following EBUS

Aldo Cristalli  1 , Valentina Melis  1 , Stefania Colombo  1 , Lorenzo Dioscoridi  2
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Case Reports

Tension pneumoperitoneum following EBUS

Aldo Cristalli et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: air leaks; anaesthesia; gas/free gas.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Chest CT scan in tension pneumoperitoneum reporting no pneumomediastinum.
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Figure 2
Intraluminal contrast medium at the CT scan showed no leaks neither perforations in tension pneumoperitoneum after endobronchial-ultrasound.
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