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Fig. 24 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 24

From: Gastrointestinal perforation: clinical and MDCT clues for identification of aetiology

Fig. 24

82-year-old oncology patient presenting with spontaneous perforation of the ascending colon. Coronal oblique contrast-enhanced image (modified soft tissue window) depicts pneumatosis intestinalis (arrow) and free gas extending to the right pararenal space and to the bare area of the liver (arrowheads) consistent with retropneumoperitoneum. A left retroperitoneal haemorrhage is noted as an independent finding (*)

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