Extensive lethal gas diffusion complicating a 'benign' disease

ANZ J Surg. 2020 Mar;90(3):391-392. doi: 10.1111/ans.15172. Epub 2019 May 8.

Authors

Hassen Hentati^{1

2}, Niccolò Petrucciani², Irene Urciuoli², Nicola de'Angelis², Tarek Naanaa¹, Haythem Najah¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Leon Binet Hospital, Provins, France.
² Department of Digestive Surgery, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France.

PMID: 31067596
DOI: 10.1111/ans.15172

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Diverticulosis, Colonic / complications
Diverticulosis, Colonic / diagnostic imaging*
Diverticulosis, Colonic / surgery
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / complications
Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging*
Intestinal Perforation / surgery
Male
Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology*
Mediastinal Emphysema / surgery
Pneumoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging
Pneumoperitoneum / etiology*
Pneumoperitoneum / surgery
Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology*
Subcutaneous Emphysema / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*