Pneumoperitoneum due to splenic abscess rupture

Bickle I, Javed S. Abdominal Imaging. Case 9350. 10.1594/EURORAD/CASE.9350

This 56-year-old male known diabetic patient presented with lethargy, a low grade fever and left hypochondrial pain of 2 weeks duration. On examination his abdomen was a little distended and he had a temperature of 37.5C. Plain abdominal radiograph, ultrasound and CT were subsequently performed.

Correspondence: Ian Bickle, Department of Radiology, and Department of Medicine, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam. Article available from EURORAD website at http://www.eurorad.org/case.php?id=9350