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Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis in an infant with obstructive jaundice

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We describe a female infant with obstructive jaundice due to inflammatory stenosis of the choledochus. It was surrounded and narrowed by a xanthogranulomatous lesion, extending from xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC). The obstructive jaundice was released by a cholecysiectomy, resection of the choledochus, and hepaticojejunostomy. This is the first reported case of infantile XGC associated with obstructive jaundice.

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Abbreviations

ALP:

alkaline phosphatase

GOT:

glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

GPT:

glutamic pyruvic transaminase

γ-GTP:

γ-glutamyltranspeptidase

XGC:

xanthogranulomatous choleystitis

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    T. Kawana, S. Suita, T. Arima, Y. Hirayama & K. Ishii

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    I. Minamishima & K. Ueda

  3. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    T. Hirata

  4. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    M. Nagoshi & M. Enjoji

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Kawana, T., Suita, S., Arima, T. et al. Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis in an infant with obstructive jaundice. Eur J Pediatr 149, 765–767 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957275

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