title: [Diabetic ketoacidosis of the child revealed by a pseudo-surgical acute abdomen. A case report].
abstract: Ketoacidosis is a frequent mode of revelation of diabetes of the child. Signs of diabetes are generally unperceived or are badly interpreted by the family entourage. We report a case of diabetic ketoacidosis in an eight-year-old child without particular medical history. The context of discovery was an acute abdomen by gastric dilatation in a severe context of dehydration. Evolution was quickly favourable after medical treatment with disappearance of acute abdominal signs (clinical and radiological). This observation enables us to recall, by the light of a review of the literature, that diabetic ketoacidosis can be revealed by pseudo-surgical acute abdomen and treatment is purely medical.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie et Réanimation, CHU Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar, Sénégal. mamadoubeye@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bèye
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bah
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndoye Diop
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Sall
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male