[Post-traumatic cholelithiasis].
A 5 year old patient, without any lithogenic antecedent, suffered a trauma, resulting in a shrunken fracture of the left parietal bone, and a splenic parenchymal hematoma. A hemoperitoneum developed at the 3rd postoperation day, with an overall blood loss of 15% of the total blood volume. At the 6th day a well formed biliary calculi was detected in the gallbladder. As the patient remain asymptomatic related to his cholelithiasis, an ultrasound follow-up was instituted. At 3 month postinjury all biliary stones dissolved completely. In this report, the etiopathogenic factors responsible of stone formation in the biliary tree, and current therapeutic recommendations are reviewed.
de Agustín
J C
JC
Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Nacional Infantil Niño Jesús, Madrid.
Ollero Fresno
J C
JC
Taoubeh
K A
KA
Mínguez
A
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000601:surgery; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
Colelitiasis postraumática.