An Unusual Case of Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Bleeding and Ruptured GallBladder Managed by Laparoscopy

Abstract

An 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.

Key Words:

• Blunt abdominal trauma
• ruptured gall-bladder
• laparoscopy
• trauma

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O. Van Kerschaver

Dr. O. Van Kerschaver Zeedijk Duinbergen 332 8301 Knokke-Heist, Belgium