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. 2023 Dec;10(4):450-452.
doi: 10.15441/ceem.23.038. Epub 2023 Aug 25.

Colonic high-pressure barotrauma with tension pneumoperitoneum

Sasikumar Mahalingam  1 , Gunaseelan Rajendran  1 , Saravanan Muthusamy  2 , Manu Ayyan  2 , Shirshendu Dhar  2 , Shivani Karn  2 , Mounika Gara  2 , Vignesh Anandharaj  2
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Colonic high-pressure barotrauma with tension pneumoperitoneum

Sasikumar Mahalingam et al. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2023 Dec.
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Fig. 1.
Radiographic images. (A) Abdominal radiography demonstrating massive tension pneumoperitoneum (asterisk). (B) Computed tomography showing massive tension pneumoperitoneum (asterisk).
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