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Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Severe abdominal pain with distension, nausea and vomiting. Bowel obstruction or perforation?

Patient Data

Age: 85 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

AP

Rotated.

Right apical lung mass. Left lung clear.

Small volume pneumoperitoneum under the right hemidiaphragm.

Case Discussion

An unrelated and pretty unlikely combination of an apical lung mass (it was lung cancer) and a small volume pneumoperitoneum.  

Did you spot both?

The rotated AP nature of the radiograph adds further to one's chance of missing both findings.

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