title: Polyposis of the gallbladder associated with metachromatic leukodystrophy.
abstract: We report on two children with metachromatic leukodystrophy and polyposis of the gallbladder. In both patients ultrasound examination revealed a small gallbladder with a thickened echogenic wall and multiple polypoid masses. In one patient diagnosis of gallbladder polyposis was made 6 months before the first neurological symptoms occurred. As gallbladder polyposis is a rare phenomenon in childhood, metachromatic leukodystrophy should be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Klinik mit Poliklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ries
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Deeg
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007966:Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011127:Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography