An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?

Munish Sharma; Pratima Ojha; Pahnwat T Taweesedt; Iqbal Ratnani; Salim Surani

doi:10.7759/cureus.12279

An Intriguing Case of Pneumoperitoneum In a Patient With COVID-19: Do All Pneumoperitoneum Cases Need Surgery?

Munish Sharma, Pratima Ojha, Pahnwat T Taweesedt, Iqbal Ratnani, Salim Surani

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Abstract

Pneumoperitoneum is pneumatosis in the potential space of the abdominal cavity. It is generally considered a surgical emergency and is mostly due to perforated hollow viscus. Rarely, pneumoperitoneum might occur even in the absence of bowel perforation. We hereby present a case of pneumoperitoneum in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and pneumomediastinum, which was managed non-surgically.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e12279
Journal	Cureus
Volume	12
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12279
State	Published - Dec 25 2020

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