Abdominal pain and ketonuria in an 11-year-old girl five months after abdominal trauma.
Five months after an abdominal trauma, a 11-year-old girl was admitted for abdominal pain, hyperglycemia, and ketonuria, which led to the diagnosis of left diaphragmatic rupture with gastric necrosis and perforation. The girl died soon after operation.
Service de Pédiatrie, Service de Réanimation Médicale, and Service de Chirurgie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart Cedex, France.
Vincent
V
Gajdos
Francis
F
Perreaux
François
F
Brivet
Corinne
C
Vons
Philippe
P
Labrune
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000652:urine*; D009336:Necrosis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012421:Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007657:Ketone Bodies