Chilaiditi Syndrome Complicated by Cecal Perforation in the Setting of Scleroderma

• Main Authors: Tagore Sunkara MD (Author), Prashanth Rawla MD (Author), Krishna Sowjanya Yarlagadda MD (Author), Gerald A. Baltazar MD (Author), Vinaya Gaduputi MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chilaiditi syndrome is a very rare disorder characterized by abdominal pain due to the entrapment of the colon between the liver and the diaphragm. However, it is rare to have bowel perforation as a complication of this syndrome with only 2 cases reported to date. In this article, we present the cas...