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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Of 62 infants and children undergoing biliary tract operations 4 had common bile duct stones. The primary diseases in the four patients were inspissated bile plug, correctable biliary atresia, neonatal hepatitis, and choledochal cyst, respectively. Biliary obstruction secondary to choledocholiths was total or near total in three patients. Nevertheless, diagnosis was unsuspected, leading to major delays in treatment and probably, irreversible liver damage in two patients. The stones were pigmented in all instances; their genesis believed to be a consequence of hemolysis in three patients and infection in one. Surgical extraction of the biliary calculi was successful by standard methods. All patients are currently alive; one by virtue of liver transplantation. Infants and children with chronic liver disease or biliary tract malformations are predisposed to formation of biliary calculi.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3468
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
577-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Common bile duct calculi in infants and children.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports