title: [Cholelithiasis in childhood. Apropos of 4 cases].
abstract: Authors review four patients diagnosed of cholelithiasis during between 1976-1986. They emphasize the importance of abdominal ultrasonography as the technic of first choice when cholelithiasis is suspected, due to its' harmlessness and diagnostic reliability. They recommend surgical treatment even in asymptomatic cases to avoid possible complications derived from a passive attitude.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Materno-Infantil Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palacio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nogués
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Pérez Yarza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lopez Palma
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ruiz Benito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Albisu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002758:Cholangiography; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Colelitiasis en la infancia. A propósito de cuatro casos.