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Web Site Search: Health Information Friday, September 05, 2008 Find more information about this topic from either the Web or the world's best medical journals by using the search boxes at the top of this page.   Retroperitoneal Air Click on an image to view a larger one Seen more clearly in the CT image, this patient has air in his retroperitoneum, secondary to a perforated duodenum (uppermost part of small intestine). Treatment is surgical.

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