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The patient shown on the previous page was one day out from abdominal surgery, so the pneumoperitoneum in that case was expected and no further imaging or intervention was needed. The presence of subcutaneous emphysema makes recent surgery more likely than other possible causes.

Consider the image shown here. What abnormality do you see and what would you do next if you saw pneumoperitoneum on an upright chest radiograph in this case?

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