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Instituto Nacional de Perinatología

2014, Number 3

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Perinatol Reprod Hum 2014; 28 (3)

Gallbladder volvulus in a newborn

Romero-Terán O, Baeza-Herrera C, Rodríguez-Calderón RL, Arizpe-Amador EG, Nava-Carrillo AD

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 170-173
PDF size: 292.33 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Gallbladder volvulus is a disease most frequently seen in elderly people or women, but its presence in children is extremely rare. Its incidence occurs between 6 to 13 years, it is predominant in males, 4:1. The youngest case described in the literature was a two-year-old. It is considered a rare disease in which the organ rotates along its axis, compromising its vascular irrigation. It was first described in 1898 by Wendel; in children, it was first reported in 1925 by Daux. To date, only 14 cases have been documented in the English literature and 38 in the Japanese. In Mexico we did not find any case recorded. We report the first world-wide case of gallbladder volvulus in a newborn as unusual cause of acute abdomen. Case report: 24-day-old male newborn with acute abdomen due to a gallbladder volvulus that required conventional cholecystectomy.


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