ARIZA , A.

The authors performed laparoscopy on eight patients ( six females and two males) with lepromatous leprosy. The findings show that goose flesh hepatomegaly (100% of the cases), and red or gray splenomegaly ( 75% of the cases) can be considered as laparoscopic hallmarks of lepromatous leprosy.

Case report of a 17-year-old man with acute bridging hepatitis in whom laparoscopy was followed by subcuteneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium. No previous report has been published on pneumopericardium as a complication of laparoscopy.