Posttraumatic gallbladder torsion in a child

Torsion of the gallbladder in an 8-year-old boy, which was precipitated by blunt abdominal trauma from a ballstrike during a soccer game, is reported. Of the 13 reported childhood cases of gallbladder torsion, this is the first to be precipitated by blunt abdominal trauma in the presence of congenit...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 31; no. 11; p. 1586
Main Authors Salman, A.Bedii, Yildirgan, M.Ilhan, Çelebi, Fehmi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.11.1996
Elsevier
Subjects
Athletic Injuries - complications
Athletic Injuries - diagnosis
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Gallbladder Diseases - diagnosis
Gallbladder Diseases - etiology
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Male
Malformations
Medical sciences
Torsion Abnormality
Ultrasonography
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - diagnosis
torsion
Gallbladder
Human
Case study
Congenital
Malformation
Digestive diseases
Complication
Male
Biliary tract disease
Child
Torsion
Trauma
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Summary:Torsion of the gallbladder in an 8-year-old boy, which was precipitated by blunt abdominal trauma from a ballstrike during a soccer game, is reported. Of the 13 reported childhood cases of gallbladder torsion, this is the first to be precipitated by blunt abdominal trauma in the presence of congenital anatomic predilection.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90187-6