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Spontaneous biliary peritonitis: Is bed side diagnosis possible?
Author(s) -
VijaiDatta Upadhyaya,
Basant Kumar,
Mangal Singh,
Rudramani Rudramani,
Sushila Jaiswal,
Richa Lal,
Sanjay Gambhir,
Maheswaran Rohan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.115034
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , exploratory laparotomy , peritonitis , laparotomy , magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography , acute abdomen , surgery , common bile duct , choledochal cysts , abdominal distension , abdominal pain , jaundice , bile duct , paracentesis , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , abdomen , ascites , cyst , pancreatitis , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Spontaneous biliary peritonitis is a rare cause of acute abdomen. In spontaneous biliary peritonitis there is perforation in the wall of the extra-hepatic or intra-hepatic duct occurs without any traumatic or iatrogenic injury and have been described more often in neonates. The symptoms may be acute or insidious delaying the diagnosis. Present manuscript deals with diagnosis and management of these cases.

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