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TRAUMATIC RETROCECAL PERFORATION PRESENTING AS SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA -a rare case study

ARUN ARUN

Abstract


Abstract : Traumatic bowel perforation usually is diagnosed
by history,physical signs and symptoms and abdominal
radiogram. Here we present a case which presented with
abdominal wall subcutaneous emphysema as the only sign of
a traumatic cecal perforation without obvious clinical signs of
peritonitis or radiological evidence of air under the
diaphragm. Keyword :Traumatic retrocecal
perforation-subcutaneous emphysema


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