Van Kerschaver O, De Witte B, Kint M, Vereecken L
A.Z. Sint Lucas, Gent, Belgium.
Acta Chir Belg. 2006 Jul-Aug;106(4):417-9. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679919.
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.
