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Intraperitoneal air visible as a central oval lucency: the football sign.
Abdominal radiograph showing free subdiaphragmatic and subhepatic air, falciform ligament outlined by intraperitoneal air; Rigler's Sign in upper left quadrant (arrowed).
Free air outlining falciform ligament (arrowed).
