Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 14 patients of idiopathic spontaneous pneumoperitoneum
| Â | Year | Age | Sex | Past history | Fever | WBC | Sudden onset | Digestive symptom | Signs of peritonitis | Diagnostic tools | Laparotomy | Recurrence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contrast study | Endoscopy | CT | ||||||||||||
London et al. [4] | 1990 | 64 | F | Scleroderma | − | WNL | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | − |
Wang et al. [5] | 1993 | 50 | F | Systemic sclerosis | − | WNL | − | + | − | + | − | − | − | + |
Tani et al. [6] | 1995 | 70 | M | − | + | 10200/mm3 | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + |
Hussain et al. [7] | 1995 | 93 | F | Arthritis | − | WNL | − | + | − | − | − | − | − | − |
Clements et al. [8] | 1996 | 68 | F | Taking NSAIDs | − | WNL | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | − |
Mularski et al. [9] | 1999 | 54 | M | Bipolar disorder | − | 12500/mm3 | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − |
Mularski et al. [9] | 1999 | 17 | F | Raynaud’s phenomenon | − | WNL | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Eslick et al. [3] | 2006 | 75 | M | Duodenal ulcer Depression | − | WNL | − | − | − | − | − | + | + | − |
Masood et al. [10] | 2009 | 58 | F | − | − | WNL | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Mann et al. [11] | 2010 | 88 | M | Multiple strokes | − | WNL | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | + |
Pitiakoudis et al. [12] | 2011 | 69 | F | − | + | 15000/mm3 | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | − |
Freitas Jr et al. [13] | 2011 | 63 | F | Tuberculosis | − | WNL | + | + | − | − | − | − | + | − |
McLaren [14] | 2013 | 46 | M | − | − | WNL | − | + | − | − | − | + | + | + |
Our case | 2014 | 77 | F | Brain hemorrhage | − | WNL | − | − | − | − | + | + | − | − |