The Prevalence of Cholelithiasis in Sickle Cell Disease as Diagnosed by Ultrasound and Cholecystography
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 64 (5) , 601-603
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.64.5.601
Abstract
Gallbladder disease is increased in sickle cell disease (SS). The prevalence of cholelithiasis in children with SS has been reported as 10% to 37%. Gallbladder ultrasound, cholecystography, and/or abdominal radiography were used to evaluate 31 patients aged 2-18 yr with no systematic evidence of gallbladder disease for cholelithiasis. Overall prevalence of gallstones was 29%. Cholelithiasis was detected in children as young as 4 yr of age. Prevalence below the age of 10 yr and above the age of 10 yr was 11% and 55%, respectively. The increased prevalence of cholelithiasis in children with sickle cell disease suggests the use of diagnostic ultrasonography as a routine screening procedure.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis Masking as Abdominal Crises in Sickle Cell DiseasePediatrics, 1976
- CHOLELITHIASIS IN SICKLE CELL ANEMIAAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1945