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Case Reports
. 2005 Jul-Aug;20(4):241-3.
doi: 10.1159/000085077.

Fetal gallstones

Nalini Munjuluri  1 , Nader Elgharaby, Dominique Acolet, Rezan Abdul Kadir
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Case Reports

Fetal gallstones

Nalini Munjuluri et al. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2005 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

The significance and natural history of fetal cholelithiasis is not yet well defined. We report two cases of echogenic foci detected prenatally by ultrasound. The gallstones resolved in both cases by 16 weeks following birth. Both infants were treated by ursodeoxycholic acid.

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