Empalamiento inguinal: presentación de dos casos clínicos / Inguinal impalement: report of two cases

BACKGROUND: Traumatic inguinal lesions in children are relatively unusual and those caused by impalement are less common. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the clinical course of two similar cases. CLINICAL CASES: A 13-year-old male and a 7-year-old female are presented in this report. During an accidental fall, they sustained an inguinal wound. In the emergency room, a wooden stake and a metallic bar were seen in the inguinal region. The surgical procedure shows absence of vascular, neurological, visceral and testicular damage. Both wounds caused by foreign bodies were subcutaneous and removed without complications. CONCLUSIONS: These types of accidents are uncommon and the absence of damage is the most relevant issue.

Malformación del sistema pancreático-biliar como causa de perforación espontánea de la vía biliar extrahepática / A pancreatobiliary malformation causing spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic bile duct

La ascitis biliar usualmente resulta de la perforación espontánea o traumática del conducto biliar principal, usualmente en la unión con el conducto cístico. La obstrucción ductal distal, el reflujo hacia la vía biliar común, la debilidad o una muy localizada malformación mural de la pared del conducto común han sido propuestas como causas probables. Presentamos el caso de una niña de 11 meses de edad quien sufrió ascitis biliar como consecuencia de la ruptura del colédoco. La perforación probablemente se debió a una malformación de la unión pancreático-biliar. Se le derivó la bilis hacia el exterior mediante una sonda.

Biliaryascitis usually results from a spontaneous or traumatic perforation of the common bile duct, usually at the junction with the cystic duct. Distal duct obstruction, pancreatic fluid reflux up the common bile duct, congenital weakness or a localized mural malformation of the wall of the common duct have been proposed as possible causes. We present an 11-months-old infant girl who developed a biliary ascitis as a consequence of biliary rupture. Perforation was due to malformation of the pancreatico-biliary junction. An uneventful external derivation by tube was performed.