Cholelithiasis in children.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors