Percutaneous extraction of pigment lithiasis of the choledochus in an infant
Foucaud, P.; Brunelle, F.; Hallez, J.; Amédée-Manesme, O.; Chaumont, P.; Navarro, J.
Archives Francaises de Pediatrie 43(4): 271-272
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9764 PMID: 3532994 Document Number: 269936
The authors present the first report of a pigment gallstone of the common bile duct in a 2 month-old infant treated in a non-surgical manner. The gallstone extraction was percutaneous, by a small catheter introduced in the biliary tract under ultrasound control. The clinical and ultrasonographic follow-up (19 months) confirmed complete recovery. This new therapeutic modality might avoid surgery for primary common bile duct cholelithiasis.