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Cholelithiasis in childhood


Authors: L. Vondráková;  V. Volf;  M. Votruba;  J. Zikmund;  F. Votava
Authors‘ workplace: Oddělení dětské chirurgie FNKV, Praha, primář MUDr. P. Kryl Klinika dětí a dorostu 3. LF UK a FNKV, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Lébl, CSc.
Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2004; (4): 200-203
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Overview

Concrements in the gall bladder and in the biliary tract, and their complications are the mostfrequent disorders of the biliary tract in adult patients. In countries with a high standard ofliving, 10-20 % of the population is affected. They also belong to the affections which arefrequent cause of hospitalization. In children their occurrence is rare.They are found more oftenin adolescents. However, they can occur in any age group. The authors present a review of thisproblem including case histories with present a review of this problem including case historieswith various clinical manifestations of cholelithiasis in children of different ages that have beenexamined and treated at the Department of Child Surgery and at the Department for Childrenand Adolescents at the University Hospital Královské Vinohrady.

Key words:
cholelithiasis - children - ultrasound - laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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