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Case Reports
. 2023 Sep 13;18(11):4134-4136.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.08.083. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Incidental ultrasound finding of cholelithiasis in an 8-week-old infant: A case report

Edmund Kwadwo Kwakye Brakohiapa  1 , Wihelmina Brown  2 , Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Edzie  3 , Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie  1 , Klenam Dzefi-Tettey  4 , Benard Ohene Botwe  5 , Philip Narteh Gorleku  3
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Incidental ultrasound finding of cholelithiasis in an 8-week-old infant: A case report

Edmund Kwadwo Kwakye Brakohiapa et al. Radiol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Infantile cholelithiasis is a rare occurrence. It is often diagnosed incidentally during ultrasonography for other conditions as most cases are asymptomatic and may be self-limiting. A few cases may however present with prolonged neonatal or infantile jaundice. We report our initial experience with an incidental case of infantile cholelithiasis in an 8-week-old male infant who was brought to our ultrasound unit in Accra, Ghana, for an abdominal ultrasound on account of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia and pigmented stools. The patient had presented initially at the children's emergency unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, 2 days after an uneventful delivery, with a history of yellowing of the eyes, noticed on the first day of life, which necessitated the request for the ultrasound examination, leading to this rare finding of infantile cholelithiasis. The availability and use of modern sonographic equipment are likely to result in more effective detection of this incidental finding and its subsequent management.

Keywords: Gallbladder; Ghana; Infantile cholelithiasis; Ultrasound.

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Ultrasound images of the gallbladder showing sludge (blue arrow) and calculi (red arrows) associated with acoustic shadows in the longitudinal and transverse planes.
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