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Re: gallstones?From: Dianne Walkup RDMS RDCS (walkup@nwrain.com)Tue Jan 12 19:43:19 1999
At Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Tung-yao Chang wrote: > >Dear members, >I happened to find some echogenic substances in the gallbladder of the a >fetus in late pregnancy today. The fetus was active and no other associated >anomalies. I wonder if this has any significance. I haven't had any >experience about this. Are they gallstones? Any comment is welcome. The >ultrasound picture is attached. > >The picture is the transverse section at about the level of the abdominal >circumference. > >-- >Tung-yao Chang, MD >Postgraduate student, >School of Human Development, >University of Nottingham, >UK >tychang@ms1.hinet.net; mgxtyc@mgn2.obs.nottingham.ac.uk Dr Chang, I have seen true shadowing gallstones only once in a fetus. Gallstones were confirmed after birth by ultrasound. The newborn had excessive abdominal pain and had a cholecystectomy at 6 months of age. The patient was of hispanic ancestry. I have seen what appeared to be fetal gallstones on another occasion, but these objects did not shadow. The patient was lost to follow up.
-- Dianne Walkup, RDMS RDCS
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