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Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2002;13(4): 560-563. |
| Spontaneous Pneumoretroperitoneum |
| Sang Lae Lee, Seok Yong Ryu, Hong Yong Kim |
| Department of Emergency Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. sa058@hanafos.com |
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| ABSTRACT |
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The pneumoretroperitoneum has many etiologies. These range from the clinically insignificant to the potentially fatal, if not recognized promptly. Spontaneous pneumoretroperitoneum can develope from ulcerative colitis, colonic diverti-culitis, or duodenal ulcer perforation. It can be associated with pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, respiratoy tract rupture, etc. An isolated pneumoretroperitoneum are a more obscure symptom than a pneumoperitoneum. Mostly, the diagnosis of retroperitoneal air depends of radiologic methods, such as simple X-ray, ultrasound (US), or computerized tomography (CT) measurements. In this case, we diagnosed a pneumoretroperitoneum from CT and found that it caused the perforation of the colon spontaneously, without any underlying diseases, due to chronic constipation without underlying diseases |
| Key words:
Pneumoretroperitoneum, Colon, Constipation |
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