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PubMed1979

[Retropneumoperitoneum and pneumomediastinum following proctoscopy (author's transl)].

A 66-year-old patient developed a retropneumoperitoneum and pneumomediastinum after a proctoscopy. Following the examination, which was done as an out patient, he had some pain but was able to reach home without difficulty. Radiography of the abdomen on the next day showed definite gas collection round the right kidney and below the middle of the diaphragm. The mediastinum showed some translucencies consistent with cranial spread of air from the retropneumoperitoneum; it was particularly marked round the aorta. The film also showed supraclavicular emphysema. After being placed supine the patient's symptoms rapidly disappeared. There were no complications and no treatment was necessary. The case is discussed in relation to the relevant literature.

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PubMed2002

Rectal perforation, retropneumoperitoneum, and pneumomediastinum after stapling procedure for prolapsed hemorrhoids: report of a case and subsequent considerations.

Stapling procedure is a new technique for the surgical management of third-degree hemorrhoids. Even if long-term experience has not been reported, this new technique is generating a lot of interest and its use is becoming more common in Europe. Some articles have just been published about severe adverse effects of this operation, and in the present article we describe a case of a life-threatening complication that occurred with the use of the stapling technique for hemorrhoidectomy. A patient with perineal descensus and third-degree hemorrhoids underwent a stapling procedure for the treatment of hemorrhoids. Retropneumoperitoneum and pneumomediastinum developed on postoperative Day 2 and a colostomy was performed, allowing a quick recovery of the patient. After six months the colostomy was closed and bowel function restored. Our experience, taken together with some other cases previously published of severe complications after such an operation, suggests caution in the use of this new technique for the treatment of a benign disease.

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Retropneumoperitoneum and pneumatosis intestinalis in 2 patients with mixed connective tissue disease and the overlap syndrome.

Two patients with pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) and mixed connective tissue disease/overlap syndrome are discussed. One patient also presented a retropneumoperitoneum, a feature as yet undescribed in PI. A review of previously reported cases revealed that PI should be suspected in those patients known to have systemic sclerosis-type involvement of the oesophagus and the small bowel, and who present with abdominal distension. PI may occur early in the course of the disease, may resolve rapidly through medical intervention only, and is compatible with a 2-year survival rate.

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PubMed1984

Pneumomediastinum and retropneumoperitoneum: an unusual complication of syrup-of-ipecac-induced emesis.

A young woman returned to the emergency department two hours after discharge because of persistent vomiting and chest pain. Six hours earlier she had received syrup of ipecac to induce emesis following a drug overdose. Radiologic examination in the emergency department revealed pneumomediastinum and retropneumoperitoneum. A nasogastric tube was inserted in the emergency department. The patient was admitted to the ICU and placed on prophylactic antibiotics. Barium and gastrograffin esophagrams revealed no evidence of extravasation. Gastrointestinal endoscopy showed distal esophagitis. Gastroscopy and duodenoscopy were unremarkable. The patient did well following discharge.

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