PAEDIATRIC SURGERY.2017.1(54):84-86; doi 10.15574/PS.2017.54.84

Hlahovych M. V., Fofanov O. D., Nykyforuk R. I., Zaviiska L. A., Borys O. Ya., Melnyk T.M., Kurtash O. O.
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ukraine

A clinical case of an acute gangrenous perforated cholecystitis in a 2-year child is reported. The clinical case highlights the difficulty of diagnosis in the preoperative stage.

Key words: acute cholecystitis, peritonitis, laparostoma.

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