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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature

INTRODUCTION: Gallstone disease has been considered an uncommon entity in children and infants, but its incidence is reportedly increasing which may be attributed to widespread use of diagnostic imaging (ultrasonography). PRESENTATION OF CASE: An apparently healthy 2 year old male child presented to...

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Autores principales: Chhabra, Sanjeev K., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Massey, Ashish, Agarwal, Shanoo, Vij, Vikesh, Agarwal, Bharat, Kankaria, Jeevan, Jenaw, Raj K.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.07.038
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author Chhabra, Sanjeev K.
Ahmed, Zeeshan
Massey, Ashish
Agarwal, Shanoo
Vij, Vikesh
Agarwal, Bharat
Kankaria, Jeevan
Jenaw, Raj K.
author_facet Chhabra, Sanjeev K.
Ahmed, Zeeshan
Massey, Ashish
Agarwal, Shanoo
Vij, Vikesh
Agarwal, Bharat
Kankaria, Jeevan
Jenaw, Raj K.
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description INTRODUCTION: Gallstone disease has been considered an uncommon entity in children and infants, but its incidence is reportedly increasing which may be attributed to widespread use of diagnostic imaging (ultrasonography). PRESENTATION OF CASE: An apparently healthy 2 year old male child presented to our Outpatient department with chief complaint of recurrent abdominal pain. The episodes of pain were acute in onset and associated with vomiting. As per the complete examination and findings, a diagnosis of chronic calculous cholecystitis was made. A four port laparoscopic cholecystectomy was done. DISCUSSION: The incidence of gallstones in children in India has not been sufficiently studied. The incidence of gallstone disease in India was found to be 0.3% with the incidence in age group 0–10 being less than 0.1%. In contrast to adult gallstone disease, it has been found that there is no female preponderance in gallstone diseases of infancy. Also, the majority of children having increased haemoglobin turnover develop pigment stones only after 5 years of age. CONCLUSION: The probability of gallstone disease in infants and young children should not be ignored. Gall stones should always be considered as a differential diagnosis when young patients present with complaints of abdominal pain.
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spelling pubmed-49761302016-08-17 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature Chhabra, Sanjeev K. Ahmed, Zeeshan Massey, Ashish Agarwal, Shanoo Vij, Vikesh Agarwal, Bharat Kankaria, Jeevan Jenaw, Raj K. Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Gallstone disease has been considered an uncommon entity in children and infants, but its incidence is reportedly increasing which may be attributed to widespread use of diagnostic imaging (ultrasonography). PRESENTATION OF CASE: An apparently healthy 2 year old male child presented to our Outpatient department with chief complaint of recurrent abdominal pain. The episodes of pain were acute in onset and associated with vomiting. As per the complete examination and findings, a diagnosis of chronic calculous cholecystitis was made. A four port laparoscopic cholecystectomy was done. DISCUSSION: The incidence of gallstones in children in India has not been sufficiently studied. The incidence of gallstone disease in India was found to be 0.3% with the incidence in age group 0–10 being less than 0.1%. In contrast to adult gallstone disease, it has been found that there is no female preponderance in gallstone diseases of infancy. Also, the majority of children having increased haemoglobin turnover develop pigment stones only after 5 years of age. CONCLUSION: The probability of gallstone disease in infants and young children should not be ignored. Gall stones should always be considered as a differential diagnosis when young patients present with complaints of abdominal pain. Elsevier 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4976130/ /pubmed/27494370 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.07.038 Text en © 2016 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/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Chhabra, Sanjeev K.
Ahmed, Zeeshan
Massey, Ashish
Agarwal, Shanoo
Vij, Vikesh
Agarwal, Bharat
Kankaria, Jeevan
Jenaw, Raj K.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature
title Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature
title_full Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature
title_short Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: Case report and review of literature
title_sort laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 2 year old male child with choleilithiasis and recurrent right hypochondrial pain: case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.07.038
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