A Woman with Abdominal Pain, Vomiting and ‟Air Under Diaphragm".

Abstract

A 49-year-old female presented to the emergency department with acute onset of diffuse abdominal pain and vomiting of one day duration. Her vitals were stable and her abdomen showed diffuse tenderness. She was subjected to erect chest X-ray with both domes of the diaphragm [Figure 1], which showed air under the diaphragm. Open in a separate window Figure 1 Postero-anterior view of chest X-ray showing air under the diaphragm (red arrows).