title: Choledocholithiasis in a premature neonate.
abstract: Choledocholithiasis in neonates and infants has been reported only rarely. Infants with complications of prematurity are more predisposed to development of biliary calculi. With the current widespread use of diagnostic ultrasonography, more neonates may be found to have gallstones and common bile duct stones. We describe a case of choledocholithiasis and cholelithiasis in a premature neonate successfully treated by surgical placement of a cholecystotomy tube and irrigation of the biliary system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ishitani
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Shaul
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Padua
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McAlpin
mesh_terms: D002767:Cholecystostomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000601:surgery; D042882:Gallstones / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014463:Ultrasonography