Scrotal pneumatocele: A rare phenomenon

Coppes, Max J.; Roukema, Jan A.; Bax, N. M. A.

doi:10.1016/0022-3468(91)91057-6

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“…Only one female baby, who was suspected to have an intrauterine perforation, died 9 h after delivery without operation. 14 Because the clinical presentation varied among these infants, the reported PM usually resembles serious complications such as peritonitis, [5][6][7][8][9] intestinal obstruction, 10 necrotizing enterocolitis, 11,12 strangulated inguinal hernia, 13 or meconium peritonitis. 14 However, pneumoperitoneum without the presence of peritonitis has never been reported.…”

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“…On reviewing the literature from 1953 to 2005, only 10 such cases have been reported (Table 1). [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Most of them were preterm, with a male to female ratio of 4 : 1. Although an accurate diagnosis before operation was difficult, nearly all these cases eventually required a laparotomy and the postoperative recovery was excellent.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4] This condition is rare in the neonatal period and only 10 such cases have been reported in the English literature. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Case Report A male baby weighing 2040 g was born at 33 weeks gestation by vaginal delivery to a 15-year-old primigravida mother. The mother had vaginal spotting for 2 days prior to delivery, and efforts to postpone the delivery by tocolysis failed.…”

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Spontaneous Perforation of Meckel's Diverticulum Without Peritonitis in a Newborn: Report of a Case

2006

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A case of a newborn male with a perforation of Meckel's diverticulum is reported. The clinical course consisted of progressive abdominal distention and pneumoperitoneum that formed within 29 h after birth. The perforation of Meckel's diverticulum was not associated with peritonitis because meconium did not contaminate the abdominal cavity. The histology of the diverticulum showed a nearly intact muscular layer but a focal muscular defect. Neither any inflammatory phenomena nor ectopic mucosa was found. A congenital focal muscular defect of the diverticulum and a sudden elevation of intraluminal pressure due to bowel movement after birth may thus be the pathogenesis of a spontaneous perforation. A search of the English literature did not reveal any similar case.

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Spontaneous Perforation of Meckel's Diverticulum Without Peritonitis in a Newborn: Report of a Case

2006

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“…Das Pneumoskrotum wurde als Komplikation nach iatrogenen Maßnah-men wie Intubation, kardiopulmonaler Reanimation, Einlage einer Thoraxdrainage, Leber-, Nierenbiopsie, verschiedenen endoskopischen sowie laparoskopischen Eingriffen beobachtet [3,6,11]. Des Weiteren wurde das Pneumoskrotum bei Infektionen mit gasbildenden Bakterien (Fournier-Gangrän [4]), spontanem [3,5] oder traumatischem Pneumothorax [8,9] sowie Traumata des Skrotums und Abdomens beschrieben [1,2,10]. Das Auftreten eines Pneumoskrotums im Rahmen einer Langzeitbeatmung und ARDS wurde bislang noch nicht beschrieben.…”

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Pneumoskrotum infolge einer Langzeitbeatmung

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2012

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A pneumoscrotum due to long-term ventilation is a rare entity. We present the case of a 59-year-old man with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and long-term ventilation, who required intensive care and had severe subcutaneous emphysema and a pneumoscrotum. Computed tomography revealed subcutaneous emphysema of the neck, chest, and abdomen, emphysema of the mediastinum, a pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum, and pneumoperineum. A puncture of the scrotum confirmed the diagnosis of a pneumoscrotum. The patient died in the course of progressive ARDS.

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“…A wedge resection of the intestine with end-to-end anastomosis was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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