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Case Reports
An unusual case of blunt abdominal trauma: A bleeding and ruptured gall-bladder managed by laparoscopy.
- O Van Kerschaver, B De Witte, M Kint, and L Vereecken.
- A.Z. Sint Lucas, Gent, Belgium.
- Acta Chir Belg. 2006 Jul 1;106(4):417-9.
AbstractAn isolated gall-bladder injury after blunt abdominal trauma is rare. Intraluminal bleeding with a perforation and an intra-abdominal haemorrhage is even rarer. Early diagnosis is difficult, even with a CT-scan or an US-scan available. Clinical suspicion, serial clinical examination and repeated imaging, can prevent mortality and morbidity. We present a case where laparoscopy was used to diagnose and treat an isolated gall-bladder lesion after blunt abdominal trauma.
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