title: Cholelithiasis in a toddler with sickle cell disease.
abstract: Cholelithiasis is rarely seen in toddlers and school-aged children, even in the setting of sickle cell anemia. In addition to more common etiologies, such as gastroenteritis, constipation, and urinary tract infection, the differential diagnoses of acute abdominal pain in young children with sickle cell disease include vaso-occlusive pain crisis and splenic sequestration. We describe a case of a toddler with sickle cell disease initially presenting with abdominal pain who was found to have symptomatic cholelithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. aronsond@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Dana Aronson
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Schinasi
authors.forename: Rakesh D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mistry
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography