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  • Title: Benign persistent pneumoperitoneum in systemic sclerosis.
    Author: Wang CL, Wang F, Wong KC, Jeyamalar R.
    Journal: Singapore Med J; 1993 Dec; 34(6):563-4. PubMed ID: 8153727.
    Abstract:
    We describe a 50-year-old Chinese woman who had severe gastrointestinal manifestations from systemic sclerosis complicated by spontaneous pneumoperitoneum in the absence of either visceral perforation or pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. This is a rare complication of systemic sclerosis; only four other cases have been reported. Recognition of this condition is important so as to avoid unnecessary surgery.
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