Neumoperitoneo espontáneo no quirúrgico

presence of air in abdominal cavity or pneumoperitoneum in most cases, indicates a severe abdominal lesion and thus it is necessary an urgent surgical treatment. this is the case of a patient carrier of a fungoid mycosis which during admission according a convulsive picture, a bilateral pneumoperitoneum was diagnosed without symptoms and signs of peritonitis, considering a non-surgical spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. leading causes of this affection were emphasized and there was a conservative therapeutical attitude. patient's course was satisfactory.