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Case Reports
. 1979;9(1):23-5.

Perforation of the cecum, as a complication of pleural biopsy

D S Cantor, T Boone
  • PMID: 494998
Case Reports

Perforation of the cecum, as a complication of pleural biopsy

D S Cantor et al. Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 1979.

Abstract

A case of a rupture of the cecum following pleural biopsy in a patient with lung carcinoma complicated by inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone is reported. We hypothesized that this unusual complication was caused by a neurogenic effect caused by the trauma of the biopsy causing an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system producing a sympathetic predominance leading to adynamic ileus and subsequent perforation.

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