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Hans Bezstarosti1,2, Guy H E J Vijgen1, Gaston J H Franssen1
1Erasmus MC, afd. Heelkunde, Rotterdam.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
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An 80-year-old man had peritoneal metastases of a resected rectal carcinoma. Cytoreductive surgery was performed, with a wedge resection of the sigmoid colon. Postoperatively he developed subcutaneous emphysema of the neck. A CT scan showed a pneumoperitoneum with air in the mediastinum, due to leakage of the sigmoid colon.
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