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Pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and bilateral pneumothorax caused by ERCP.

Abdullah Özgönül, Hasan Çeçe, Özgür Söğüt, Deniz Demir, İbrahim Can Kürkçüoğlu

Abstract

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is one of the mainstay procedure treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. Life-threatening complications such as pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax related to this procedure rarely occur and only a few cases are reported in English literature. Herein, we report a patient who developed acute abdominal symptoms with subcutaneous emphysema and bilateral pneumothorax due to duodenal perforation, accompaniment of ERCP that was successfuly treated.

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Key concepts: Pneumomediastinum, Medicine, Subcutaneous emphysema, Pneumoperitoneum, Pneumothorax, Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, Perforation, Surgery