[Diagnostic errors in diseases of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space in children].

The results of analysis of the diagnosis disjunction in 544 (17.2%) operated children, revealed for the period of 10 years, were adduced. The differential diagnosis mistakes of an acute appendicitis versus the other surgical pathology of abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space were stipulated by objective (the peritonitis existence) and subjective (insufficient examination of the patient) reasons.

[Cysts and cyst-like formations of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space in children].

The results of surgical treatment of 29 children with cysts, and 10--with cyst-like formations of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space are described. In majority of the patients, a cyst at the terminal stage was revealed. In presence of complications, they were operated on with tentative diagnosis of acute appendicitis, or ileus.