Uncommon cause of a right upper quadrant abdominal mass in the newborn: acute cholecystitis.
What appears to be the first reported case of an otherwise-asymptomatic newborn with a mass in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen and no signs of biliary disease is presented. At exploration, acute acalculous cholecystitis was found, probably secondary to cystic duct obstruction.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male