The changing aspects of cholelithiasis in children through a sonographic study.
Ultrasonography has made the study of the biliary tract easier. This may account for an apparent increase in the incidence of cholelithiasis in children. Twenty-nine cases of biliary stones, mostly gallstones, were seen in a 3 year period. More than half of the cases were secondary to a definite cause, among which the interruption of the enterohepatic circulation of bile salts should be emphasized. The etiological factors of biliary stones and biliary sludge appeared identical in our material.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography