title: Neonatal cholelithiasis.
abstract: Cholelithiasis is very rare in the newborn infant and is usually not recognized until surgery or autopsy following perforation of the biliary tree. Two premature infants had calcified gallstones on abdominal radiographs. In one patient portal vein thrombosis was also present. The other had been treated with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and furosemide which have recently been implicated in the development of gallstones in premature infants.
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014310:Triplets; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D005665:Furosemide