[Hydrocholecystis, unrecognized cause of painful abdominal crises in patients with sickle cell anemia].
The first case of painful abdominal crisis caused by hydrops of the gallbladder during sickle cell disease is reported. The cholecystosonography allowed diagnosis and supervision in a 4 year-old black boy with sickle cell anemia. The persistence of hydrops led to cholecystectomy. Pathophysiology is discussed according to the other etiologies reported in the literature.
D000005:Abdomen; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
L'hydrocholécyste, cause méconnue de crises douloureuses abdominales chez le drépanocytaire.