Abstract

GONZALEZ VERGARA, Alfonso; PEREIRA, Milena  and  MARTINEZ-ROYERT, Judith. Gastric rupture. Case report. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.2, pp.268-272. ISSN 0120-5552.

The expression acute abdomen in pediatrics, implies the concept of a medical emergency of abdominal origin. In the first days of life, congenital digestive abnormalities (those present in about 1 in 5000 infants) are the most important cause of acute abdomen. Gastric rupture is a condition that can be described as the cause of intra-abdominal cataracts, which can cause shock and death of the patient. This paper describes a case of spontaneous gastric rupture in a 3-year-old boy with a clinical picture of about 12 hours of evolution consisting of abdominal pain associated with nausea, abdominal distension, the mother who has not had bowel movements Abdominal ultrasound reports abundant fluid in the abdominal cavity, which is taken to the operating room and dies.

Keywords : gastric rupture; acute abdomen; toddler.

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