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Images in emergency medicine
Supine plain film of pneumoperitoneum
  1. I-T Lin,
  2. M-J Bair,
  3. H-L Chen
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung City, Taiwan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ming-Jong Bair, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taitung Branch of Mackay Memorial Hospital, No. 1, Lane 303, Changsha Street, Taitung City, Taiwan; a5963{at}ttms.mmh.org.tw

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.081091

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    A 79-year-old woman complained of sharp epigastric pain for 2 days. She also had fever with chills before being brought to the emergency department. At arrival, her vital signs were stable, and haemogram showed leucocytosis (white cell count, 18.3×109/litre; normal range in our institution, 4–10×10 …

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

    • The current study was supported by the Mackay Memorial Hospital.