Spontaneously significant pneumoretroperitoneum misinterpreted as herniated intervertebral disc: an unusual presentation of perforation of ascending colon cancer

Dig Dis Sci. 2004 Sep;49(9):1499-503. doi: 10.1023/b:ddas.0000042255.45807.b7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Colectomy / methods
  • Colonic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Retropneumoperitoneum / diagnosis*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome