Pneumatic perforation of the cecum during diagnostic sigmoidoscopy

D. Sánchez-Muñoz; C. Ortiz-Moyano; M. Ramírez-Martín del Campo; D. Núñez-Hospital; D. García-Romero; C. Delgado; P. Guerrero-Jiménez; J. L. Larraona-Moreno; M. Romero-Gómez

doi:10.1055/s-2007-966484

Endoscopy 2007; 39: E183
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966484

Unusual cases and technical notes

Pneumatic perforation of the cecum during diagnostic sigmoidoscopy

D. Sánchez-Muñoz¹ , C. Ortiz-Moyano¹ , M. Ramírez-Martín del Campo¹ , D. Núñez-Hospital¹ , D. García-Romero¹ , C. Delgado² , P. Guerrero-Jiménez¹ , J. L. Larraona-Moreno¹ , M. Romero-Gómez¹

¹Unit for the Clinical Management of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain
²Surgery Department, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain

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