Rare Case of Gallbladder Perforation in Pediatric Patient: A Pitfall in Generalized Peritonitis in Late Presented Typhoid Fever

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Ageng Budiananti Sapta Prihartono

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Ageng Budiananti
Resident of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Airlangga University, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

A B S T R A C T

An 11-year-old boy presented to the emergency room with generalized abdominal pain, inability to pass gas nor stool in 2 days, along with stepladder pattern fever which he had been having in the past 2 weeks before being admitted to the hospital. Abdominal surgical complications are one of most common complications (10-15% of typhoid fever patients) in pediatric typhoid fever, but gallbladder perforation is an uncommon one. Emergency surgical exploration with cholecystectomy was initiated and showed satisfying outcome [1].

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Wed 24, Mar 2021
Accepted: Wed 28, Apr 2021
Published: Mon 24, May 2021

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© 2023 Ageng Budiananti. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.CRSS.2021.01.03