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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec 1;2016(12):rjw208.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjw208.

Pediatric traumatic gallbladder rupture

W Landon Jackson  1 , Patrick C Bonasso  2 , R Todd Maxson  1
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Case Reports

Pediatric traumatic gallbladder rupture

W Landon Jackson et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Blunt abdominal trauma causing gallbladder rupture is exceptionally rare in children. This injury is rare due to the size and anatomical location of the gallbladder, and a rapid diagnosis is often difficult to achieve due to delayed presentation. We report a ruptured gallbladder in an 11-year-old male as a result of blunt abdominal trauma from an all-terrain vehicle accident. Possible gallbladder injury was indicated on computed tomography and patient was successfully managed with cholecystectomy.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
An abdominal CT showed a collapsed gallbladder with wall thickening or pericholecystic fluid (white arrow), a grade II hepatic laceration of Segment 5 (red arrow) and an increased amount of free fluid in the abdomen (blue arrows).
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