[en] Cholelithiasis is rare in children and even more so in infants. We report the case of a 3-month-old patient with cholestatic jaundice secondary to an obstruction of the terminal portion of the bile duct. The treatment applied in this patient was a cholecystectomy with trans-cystic cholangiography and common bile duct clearance. The evolution was excellent. The current literature on biliary lithiasis in children and infants is poor in large cohort studies. The various treatments proposed, if necessary, include biliary lavage by percutaneous puncture, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy and laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy with intraoperative cholangiography. None of these procedures has shown superiority over the others. Therefore, no treatment algorithm is currently defined. Patients are treated on a case-by-case basis according to their symptoms, previous history and the level of expertise of each centre for these rare, difficult and specific procedures.
Disciplines :
Pediatrics Gastroenterology & hepatology
Author, co-author :
Perugini, P; Service de Chirurgie abdominale et pédiatrique, CHR Liège, Belgique.
Verdin, V; Service de Chirurgie abdominale et pédiatrique, CHR Liège, Belgique.
Pirlet, C; Service de Cardiologie, CHR Liège, Belgique.
Bequet, Emeline ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Médecine générale
Ledure, F; Service de Radiologie, CHR Liège, Belgique.
Demarche, M; Service de Chirurgie abdominale et pédiatrique, CHR Liège, Belgique.
Language :
French
Title :
Lithiases vésiculaires et cholécystectomie chez le nourrisson.
Alternative titles :
[en] Cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy in infants.
Publication date :
July 2022
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Be