Pneumoabdomen With Abdominal Compartment and Aortic Collapse Due to Gastric Bursting Acute Release by Trocar Insertion

Abstract

A 63-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department because of abdominal pain with distension and ischemia of both lower limbs for the past 2 hours. Previously, he had vomited extremely following alcoholic excess and an opulent meal. In his previous history, distal esophageal stenosis was obvious after surgical therapy of Boerhaave syndrome 3.5 years earlier with primary suturing of the distal esophageal perforation and anterior semifundoplication. At clinical examination, the patient presented with stable cardiopulmonary function. The abdomen was massively distended and tender, and both legs were blue, revealing signs of prolonged ischemia with absent palpable pulses of the femoral artery in both groins. Palsy of the legs was not yet apparent. Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen …