ACUTE IDIOPATHIC HYDROPS OF THE GALLBLADDER NOT DUE TO CALCULI, POSSIBLY TO INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS

1 January 1958

journal article
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Vol. 21 (1) , 91-93
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.21.1.91

Abstract

Two cases of acute hydrops of the gallbladder in children, not due to calculi, are reported. An infectious etiology of the condition, in relation to infectious hepatitis, should be considered more thoroughly because of the observation of its occurrence in neighboring children in an epidemic of infectious hepatitis.

Keywords

CHILDREN
EPIDEMIC
ETIOLOGY
NEIGHBORING
POSSIBLY
IDIOPATHIC HYDROPS
GALLBLADDER NOT DUE

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