Gallbladder volvulus in a child with mild clinical presentation
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Seiichiro Inoue & Akio Odaka & Daijo Hashimoto & Masanori Tamura & Hisato Osada
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Gallbladder volvulus in children is rare. Preoperative diagnosis is considered difficult because of the nonspecific symptoms and inflammatory blood analysis findings. Sometimes diagnosis is confirmed at laparotomy. Many reports mention that the chief complaints of this disease are sudden and severe abdominal pain. We report a case of gallbladder volvulus in a boy with mild clinical symptoms and laboratory data of nonspecific inflammation. A reconstructed coronal CT abdominal view showed clearly the gallbladder torsion. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed and postoperative course was uneventful. Recent reports have suggested the effectiveness of MRI. This case highlights the utility of a reconstructed coronal view of abdominal CT in successful pre-operative diagnosis for gallbladder volvulus in children.
Pediatr Radiol (2011) 41:113–116 DOI 10.1007/s00247-010-1753-0 Received: 18 March 2010 / Revised: 19 April 2010 / Accepted: 14 May 2010 / Published online: 1 July 2010
