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AI InsightIn this paper, we present a 16-year-old girl who had lost weight due to improper diet and was admitted to the pediatric emergency room with the complaints of vomiting and abdominal pain, and then, was diagnosed with cholestasis and cholelithiasis.
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Abstract
Gallbladder and bile duct stones are rarely diagnosed conditions during childhood. However, the number of diagnosed patients has begun to increase due to widespread use of ultrasound in recent years. Hemolytic disease, inflammatory bowel disease, parasites, parenteral nutrition, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, metabolic diseases, chronic liver disease, rapid weight loss, and drug use may lead to cholelithiasis. In this paper, we present a 16-year-old girl who had lost weight due to improper diet and was admitted to the pediatric emergency room with the complaints of vomiting and abdominal pain, and then, was diagnosed with cholestasis and cholelithiasis.
Özet
Safra kesesi ve safra yolu taşları çocukluk çağında nadir saptanan hastalıklar iken, son yıllarda ultrasonografinin yaygın kullanılmasıyla tanı alan hasta sayısı artmaya başlamıştır. Hemolitik hastalıklar, enflamatuvar barsak hastalıkları, parazitler, parenteral beslenme, diyabet, kistik fibrozis, metabolik hastalıklar, süreğen karaciğer hastalıkları, hızlı kilo kaybı ve ilaç kullanımı kolelitiyazise neden olabilmektedir. Bu yazıda yanlış diyet yaparak hızlı bir şekilde kilo veren, ardından kusma ve karın ağrısı yakınması ile çocuk acil servise başvurarak kolelitiyazis ve kolestaz tanısı alan 16 yaşında bir kız olgu sunulmuştur.