Cholelithiasis in an Infant with Polycythemia
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Vol. 6 (2) , 311-312
- https://doi.org/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.Keywords
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