Hollow viscous perforation leads on to pneumoperitoneum. It indicates a perforated abdominal viscus that requires an emergency surgical intervention. Here we report a series of cases which had unusual cause of pneumoperitoneum.

Keywords- #Perforated Gastrointestinal stromal tumour, #Mucormycosis infection, #Peptic ulcer, #Gastric perforation, #Metastatic Gastric Cancer, # Ileal Perforation.

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