Open AccessCholedocholithiases in a child with Hemoglobin Evans [alpha2 62(E11) Val→Met]
Author(s) -
Hayakawa Itaru,
Hataya Hiroshi,
Kaneko Takashi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.588
Subject(s) - medicine , evans syndrome , epigastric pain , biliary colic , hemoglobin , general surgery , pediatrics , gastroenterology , cholecystectomy , anemia , vomiting , autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Key Clinical Message We present the first description of choledocholithiases in a 10‐year‐old boy with Hemoglobin Evans. Although biliary stones are much less common in children than in adults, epigastric pain in children with known hemolytic status should alert the physician to the possibility of biliary colic.