[When a multiple trauma complains about abdominal pains six weeks after the fall. . ].
A 18-year old patient presents abdominal pains associated with nausea and vomiting six weeks after a multiple trauma leading to paraplegia. Esophagitis, urolithiasis, and acalculous cholecystitis were diagnosed. This report illustrates two rare abdominal complications of a multiple trauma with immobilisation: acalculous cholecystitis, hypercalcaemia, coralliform urolithiasis following urinary infection and bacteriurie with Enterobacter Cloacae. The interpretation of the abdominal semiology of a multiple trauma's patient presenting long-term immobilization may be misleading.
Redant
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Clinique de Gériatrie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
De Breucker
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Savio Mugenzi
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Schuind
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Pepersack
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046353:Immobility Response, Tonic; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology