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A 4 year old girl with progressive distension of abdomen and previous history of blunt abdominal trauma was found to have bile ascites due to left hepatic duct (LDH) injury. The management with a brief review of literature is discussed below.
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Pandit, S.K., Budhiraja, S. & Rattan, K.N. Post traumatic bile ascites. Indian J Pediatr 67, 73 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02802650
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