Neonatal adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder: An incidental finding at 12 hours of life

Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder, although relatively common in adults, is a rare entity in the pediatric age group. Controversy still exists as to whether or not to perform followup ultrasound, as there is a questionable increased risk of gallbladder carcinoma in adults. We present a case of neon...

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Autores principales: Alapati, Sindhura, Braswell, Leah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27186249
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v9i3.859
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description Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder, although relatively common in adults, is a rare entity in the pediatric age group. Controversy still exists as to whether or not to perform followup ultrasound, as there is a questionable increased risk of gallbladder carcinoma in adults. We present a case of neonatal adenomyomatosis that was diagnosed at 12 hours of life in a term newborn.
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spelling pubmed-48618472016-05-16 Neonatal adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder: An incidental finding at 12 hours of life Alapati, Sindhura Braswell, Leah E. Radiol Case Rep Article Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder, although relatively common in adults, is a rare entity in the pediatric age group. Controversy still exists as to whether or not to perform followup ultrasound, as there is a questionable increased risk of gallbladder carcinoma in adults. We present a case of neonatal adenomyomatosis that was diagnosed at 12 hours of life in a term newborn. Elsevier 2015-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4861847/ /pubmed/27186249 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v9i3.859 Text en © 2014 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Neonatal adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder: An incidental finding at 12 hours of life
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title_short Neonatal adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder: An incidental finding at 12 hours of life
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27186249
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v9i3.859
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