Post-colonoscopy massive air leakage with full body involvement: an impressive complication with uneventful recovery

Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 May;104(5):1330-2. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.92. Epub 2009 Apr 7.

Authors

Gerd Bouma, Adriaan A van Bodegraven, Jan Hein van Waesberghe, Chris J Mulder, Indra C Pieters-van den Bos

PMID: 19352337
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.92

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Colectomy / methods
Colonoscopy / adverse effects*
Colonoscopy / methods
Crohn Disease / diagnosis*
Crohn Disease / surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ileostomy / methods
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
Pneumoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging
Pneumoperitoneum / etiology*
Pneumoperitoneum / physiopathology
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
Pneumothorax / etiology*
Pneumothorax / physiopathology
Radiography, Thoracic
Remission, Spontaneous
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology*
Subcutaneous Emphysema / physiopathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed