Cholelithiasis in an infant with polycythemia

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1987 Mar-Apr;6(2):311-2. doi: 10.1097/00005176-198703000-00027.

Abstract

An 11-week-old infant with polycythemia presented with cholestasis secondary to cholelithiasis. It is likely that hemolysis secondary to polycythemia predisposed our patient to cholelithiasis. We suggest that polycythemia may be a new cause of cholelithiasis in infancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cholelithiasis / diagnosis
  • Cholelithiasis / etiology*
  • Cholestasis / etiology
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Polycythemia / complications*
  • Ultrasonography