GI Teaching File

 


Free Air

 

Lucency below the right hemidiaphragm is seen, highly suspicious for free air. Interposed colonic loops between the diaphragm and liver (Chiladiti's Syndrome) can also give this appearance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The abdominal film on this patient more easily demonstrates the massive free air present in the peritoneal cavity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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