Cholelithiasis in children

Radiology. 1975 Nov;117(2):391-3. doi: 10.1148/117.2.391.

Abstract

Review of 367 cases of cholelithiasis in children from the literature and our experience showed that 81% of these patients has no evidence of hemolytic anemia. Oral cholecystograms were diagnostic of cholelithiasis in approximately 70% of these cases. Plain film studies were found to be of diagnostic value as a high percentage of gallstones were visible on plain radiographs of the abdomen.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / complications
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cholelithiasis / complications
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnosis
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Sex Factors