A Case of Chilaiditis Syndrome Simulationg a Pneumoperitoneum on X-Ray.
- Author:
Chang Hyun LEE
;
Sam Beom LEE
;
Byung Soo DO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Chilaiditi Syndrome*;
Diaphragm;
Emergency Medical Services;
Liver;
Pneumoperitoneum*;
Respiration
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
1998;9(2):352-360
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Chilaiditis syndrome is very rare clinical condition that interposed of the hepatic flexure of large bowels between the liver and diaphragm. Clinically it is characterized by abdominal pain that becomes increasingly worse during the day and is often accentuated by deep breathing. On radiologic studies, it shows gas within the hepatic flexure interposed between the liver and diaphragm, which is simulating a pneumoperitoneum. A case was admitted at emergency care center of Yeungnam university hospital and we report it.
