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Metachromatic leukodystrophy

A cause of cholelithiasis in childhood

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A case of metachromatic leukodystrophy with a functioning gallbladder and multiple gallstones has been described. We are unable to find reports of similar cases. A brief review of the causes of cholelithiasis and cholecystitis in infancy and childhood is given.

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  1. From the Departments of Radiology and of Pediatrics, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC), Lackland Air Force Base, 78236, Tex

    Murray K. Dalinka (Capt (MC) USAF), Richard A. Rosen Capt (MC) USAF, Robert J. Kurth Col (MC) USAF & G. Val Hemming Capt (MC) USAF

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We would like to thank Dr. Charles Schopfner, Childrens Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo, and Dr. Richard Cohen, Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Mo, for clinical information on this case.

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Dalinka, M.K., Rosen, R.A., Kurth, R.J. et al. Metachromatic leukodystrophy. Digest Dis Sci 14, 603–606 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232933

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