Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage for Blunt Abdominal Trauma

We have reported the unusual finding of a grossly bile-stained peritoneal lavage 24 hours after blunt abdominal trauma, associated with neither enteric, hepatic, nor biliary tract injury at laparotomy. Intraoperative transcholecystic cholangiography is recommended in such a situation to rule out biliary tract injury.