Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder in Children

Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder in children are rare. We report a case of a gallbladder polyp in a 14-year-old boy who presented with recurrent right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen revealed a polypoid lesion of the gallbladder. His symptoms resolved after la...

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Autores principales: Stringel, Gustavo, Beneck, Debra, Bostwick, Howard E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1997
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Scientific Papers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9876680
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description Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder in children are rare. We report a case of a gallbladder polyp in a 14-year-old boy who presented with recurrent right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen revealed a polypoid lesion of the gallbladder. His symptoms resolved after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Histological examination of the gallbladder demonstrated a benign adenomatous polyp. Although the experience with polypoid lesions of the gallbladder in children is limited, we currently recommend cholecystectomy because these lesions are associated with acalculous cholecystitis, and because their long-term effects are unknown.
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spelling pubmed-30167272011-02-17 Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder in Children Stringel, Gustavo Beneck, Debra Bostwick, Howard E. JSLS Scientific Papers Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder in children are rare. We report a case of a gallbladder polyp in a 14-year-old boy who presented with recurrent right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen revealed a polypoid lesion of the gallbladder. His symptoms resolved after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Histological examination of the gallbladder demonstrated a benign adenomatous polyp. Although the experience with polypoid lesions of the gallbladder in children is limited, we currently recommend cholecystectomy because these lesions are associated with acalculous cholecystitis, and because their long-term effects are unknown. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1997 /pmc/articles/PMC3016727/ /pubmed/9876680 Text en © 1997 by JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way.
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Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder in Children
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9876680
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