Presentation
Acute abdominal pain for 12 hours. Referred for ultrasound.
Patient Data
Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Pneumoperitoneum
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Without compression, there is uniform acoustic shadowing at the interface deep to the inner abdominal wall. With compression, this disappears.
This is compatible with pneumoperitoneum blocking the sound beam which resolves when it is pressed out of the way.
From the case:
Pneumoperitoneum
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Free intra-abdominal gas under the diaphragm.