An acute gangrenous perforated cholecystitis in a 2-year child: case report

Authors

  • M. V. Hlahovych Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine, Ukraine
  • O. D. Fofanov Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1437-4161
  • R. I. Nykyforuk Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine, Ukraine
  • L. A. Zaviiska Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine, Ukraine
  • O. Ya. Borys Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine, Ukraine
  • T. M. Melnyk Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ukraine, Ukraine
  • O. O. Kurtash Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ukraine, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15574/PS.2017.54.84

Keywords:

acute cholecystitis, peritonitis, laparostoma

Abstract

A clinical case of an acute gangrenous perforated cholecystitis in a 2-year child is reported. The clinical case highlights the difficulty of diagnosis in the preoperative stage.

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Croteau D, Signer RD, Chaet MS. 2001. Acalculous cholecystitis in a two year old child. JSLS. 5; 2: 183–185.

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No. 1(54) (2017): Paediatric surgery. Ukraine

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Clinical case

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