Tumors as a cause of acute abdomen in children
Kushch, N.L.; Kononuchenko, V.P.; Simonov, E.V.; Iarosh, V.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 123(7): 96-99
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 505849 Document Number: 149261
The authors share their experience in treating children aged 1 day to 14 years with acute processes in the abdomen induced by various tumors. During 10 years 51 patients have been observed. "Acute abdomen" was induced by tumors and cysts of ovaries (16 patients), lymphangiomas, cysts and tumors of the mesentery, greater and lesser omentum, retroperitoneal cavity (14 patients), intestinal tumors (7), small pelvis tumors (6), tumors of kidneys (4), liver (3), cyst of the pancreatic gland (1). The clinical picture of the disease, possible timely diagnosing and tactics are presented. All the patients were operated urgently. After operation 44 patients recovered and were discharged from the hospital, 7 patients died.