Sonographic diagnosis of cholelithiasis in childhood
A. J. Buschi and N. A. Brenbridge
With the development of new gray scale signal processing, a high level of
accuracy has been obtained with gallbladder sonography. Biliary calculi
seem to be more prevalent in the pediatric population than is generally
appreciated. Two interesting features of childhood cholelithiasis are the
increased incidence in patients without hemolytic anemia and the uncommonly
high percentage of gallstones visible with plain roentgenograms of the
abdomen. Cholecystosonography is offered as an additional method of
establishing diagnostic certainty.
