pseudopneumoperitoneum

noun

A disturbance having the appearance of pneumoperitoneum

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Meanings

nounpseudopneumoperitoneum (plural pseudopneumoperitoneums)

plural pseudopneumoperitoneums

  1. medicineA disturbance having the appearance of pneumoperitoneum

    The various causes of pseudopneumoperitoneum are basal linear atelectasis, pneumomediastinum, Chilaiditi syndrome, gas within skin folds, subdiaphragmatic lipomatosis, properitoneal fat stripe, and diaphragmatic undulations [ Figure 2 ].

    2015, Binit Sureka, Kalpana Bansal, Ankur Arora, “Pneumoperitoneum: What to look for in a radiograph?”, in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, volume 4, →DOI

Origin

From pseudo- + pneumoperitoneum.

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