title: Choledocholithiasis in an infant of extremely low birthweight.
abstract: A five-month-old infant of extremely low birthweight with choledocholithiasis is reported. A baby girl was delivered at 26 weeks gestation as a second twin, weighing 834 g. At 30 days of age, gallbladder stones were found by routine ultrasonography. She had vomiting at 157 days of age. Ultrasonography revealed calculi in the gallbladder and a dilated common bile duct. She was conservatively treated with scopolamine, antibiotics and dehydrocholic and ursodeoxycholic acids, and the calculi had disappeared by 189 days of age. Although conservative treatment succeeded in this patient, further cases should be analysed to establish how to manage choledocholithiasis in such small infants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Gunma Children's Medical Center, Hokkitsu, Japan. maruken@gcmc.pref.gumma.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
mesh_terms: D003685:Dehydrocholic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007564:Japan; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D012601:Scopolamine; D003685:Dehydrocholic Acid