Zeynep Kamil Med J. Ahead of Print: ZKMJ-05902

Acute obstructive jaundice and hematochezia in a three years old child: Attention for massive hemobilia

Ayþenur Celayir¹, Naime Ýpek Öztürk¹, Serdar Moralýoðlu¹, Feyza YILDIZ², Hatice Akay³, Hülya Yavuz^4
1Ýstanbul Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children's Diseases Health Training and Research Center, Department of The Pediatric Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Turkey. Ýstanbul, Turkey
²Ýstanbul Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children's Diseases Health Training and Research Center, Department of The Pediatrics, University of Health Sciences, Turkey. Ýstanbul, Turkey
³Ýstanbul Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children's Diseases Health Training and Research Center, Department of The Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Turkey. Ýstanbul, Turkey
⁴Ýstanbul Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children's Diseases Health Training and Research Center, Department of The Pathology, University of Health Sciences, Turkey. Ýstanbul, Turkey

Massive hemobilia, an acute life-threatening condition, remains a diagnostic challenge in pediatric patients due to its rarity. In this study, the difficulties encountered in the diagnosis and treatment of acute massive hemobilia and acute obstructive jaundice in a three-year-old boy are discussed in the light of the Literature.

Keywords: Hemobilia, Obstructive Jaundice, Intestinal Bleeding, Gastric Heterotopia, Child.

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