[Diabetic ketoacidosis of the child revealed by a pseudo-surgical acute abdomen. A case report].

Ketoacidosis is a frequent mode of revelation of diabetes of the child. Signs of diabetes are generally unperceived or are badly interpreted by the family entourage. We report a case of diabetic ketoacidosis in an eight-year-old child without particular medical history. The context of discovery was an acute abdomen by gastric dilatation in a severe context of dehydration. Evolution was quickly favourable after medical treatment with disappearance of acute abdominal signs (clinical and radiological). This observation enables us to recall, by the light of a review of the literature, that diabetic ketoacidosis can be revealed by pseudo-surgical acute abdomen and treatment is purely medical.