Pseudopneumoperitoneum: Chilaiditi syndrome

Case contributed by Henry Knipe
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Cough

Patient Data

Age: 80
Gender: Male

Lungs are clear. 

Colon is transpositioned between the liver and the diaphragm, mimicking pneumoperitoneum. 

Case Discussion

Chilaiditi syndrome is the asymptomatic transposition of colon between the liver and the diaphragm. It is a cause of pseudopneumoperitoneum

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