Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Pediatrics Gallstones: A Case Report of Spontaneous disappearance of symptomatic non-hemolytic gallstone in a pediatric patient

Asrar F Mlibari^1♦, Tantawi A Muhammad¹

¹Faculty of Medicine, Um Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Email: asrar.f.mlibari@hotmail.com
²Pediatric Surgical Department, Maternity and Children Hospital, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Email: tantawi_a_m@yahoo.com

^♦Corresponding author
Asrar F.Mlibari, MBBS Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia; Phone: +966567779207; E-mail Address: Asrar.f.mlibari@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT

FBiliary system is that part of the digestive tract which can be affected by variety of disorders, considering the most common one is gallstones that medically termed as Cholilithiasis. In pediatrics, cholilithiasis commonly associated with predisposing conditions, such as history of: total parenteral nutrition (TPN), blood type incompatibility, neonatal phototherapy, hemolysis, dehydration, or sepsis.

Keywords: Pediatric surgery, pain, jaundice, procedures, obesity, gallstones

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2511-2518

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