Abstract
We report here a case of jejunal injury as the consequence of blunt abdominal trauma, which was diagnosed as diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL). A 9-year-old girl was referred to our hospital with a suspected case of abdominal organ injury. We did not confirm or exclude the presence of bowel injury by physical examination, abdominal X-ray films, ultrasonography and computed tomography. Therefore, DPL was performed and the result indicated intestinal injury. She underwent laparotomy and jejunal perforation was confirmed. Physical examination and radiologic diagnostic procedures may not always provide definitive diagnosis of bowel injury with blunt abdominal trauma. DPL is a useful procedure to detect intestinal injury due to blunt abdominal trauma in children, especially cases complicated with head, pelvis or chest injury.
