Fifty year old male experienced abdominal pain and fainting spells. X-ray and Ultrasound examinations were requested with a clinical opinion of acute pancreatitis.
Ultrasound of the abdomen proved to be normal. X-ray of the Chest and Erect Abdomen revealed free air under the right hemidiaphragm.
Surgery confirmed visceral perforation (ulcerated stomach).
(Courtesy Augustus Long Hospital/Petrotrin, Pointe-a-Pierre)
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2009
