Burnett W, Douglas B, Dwyer K, Kennard C, Roberts G. Black pigment stone in a male child aged two years and seven months.
THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1978;
48:452-3. [PMID:
282886 DOI:
10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04902.x]
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Abstract
A case of cholelithiasis is reported occurring in a boy aged two years and seven months. The patient presented with biliary colic, and cholecystectomy was performed. Detailed analysis of the stone, including electron-probe studies, showed it to be an example of a polybilirubinate stone, containing also calcium, carbonate, and phosphate, with some sulphur, sodium, and magnesium. There were also traces of chlorine, aluminium, copper, nickel, and manganese.
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