A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance
Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is defined as hypertrophy of the gallbladder mucosal epithelium that invaginates into a thickened muscularis propria, leading to the formation of intramural diverticula. It is typically considered a benign condition most commonly affecting adults and, rarely, child...
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| author | Drakonaki Elena Kokkinakis Stamatios Karageorgiou Ioannis Maliotis Neofytos Ioannidoy Anna Symvoulakis Emmanouil K. |
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| description | Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is defined as hypertrophy of the gallbladder mucosal epithelium that invaginates into a thickened muscularis propria, leading to the formation of intramural diverticula. It is typically considered a benign condition most commonly affecting adults and, rarely, children. In this case report, we present a case of gallbladder adenomyomatosis in a 3-month-old infant. The diagnosis was made incidentally on ultrasound examination of the abdomen, in an otherwise asymptomatic child with no laboratory test abnormalities and no underlying disease. The purpose of this case report is to make infantile adenomyomatosis and its implications known to clinicians, as the literature on this topic is limited. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest reported case of adenomyomatosis in the pediatric population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fccd03169704d3c9f72093963648d2d2022-12-22T03:40:28ZengSciendoJournal of Ultrasonography2451-070X2020-01-01208331832110.15557/jou.2020.0055A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significanceDrakonaki Elena0Kokkinakis Stamatios1Karageorgiou Ioannis2Maliotis Neofytos3Ioannidoy Anna4Symvoulakis Emmanouil K.5Consultant Radiologist, Department of Anatomy, European University of Cyprus Medical School, Nicosia, CyprusSchool of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, GreeceSchool of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, GreeceSchool of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, GreeceAsklepeion General Clinic, Heraklion, GreeceDepartment of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, GreeceAdenomyomatosis of the gallbladder is defined as hypertrophy of the gallbladder mucosal epithelium that invaginates into a thickened muscularis propria, leading to the formation of intramural diverticula. It is typically considered a benign condition most commonly affecting adults and, rarely, children. In this case report, we present a case of gallbladder adenomyomatosis in a 3-month-old infant. The diagnosis was made incidentally on ultrasound examination of the abdomen, in an otherwise asymptomatic child with no laboratory test abnormalities and no underlying disease. The purpose of this case report is to make infantile adenomyomatosis and its implications known to clinicians, as the literature on this topic is limited. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest reported case of adenomyomatosis in the pediatric population.https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0055adenomyomatosischildrengallbladder |
| spellingShingle | Drakonaki Elena Kokkinakis Stamatios Karageorgiou Ioannis Maliotis Neofytos Ioannidoy Anna Symvoulakis Emmanouil K. A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance Journal of Ultrasonography adenomyomatosis children gallbladder |
| title | A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance |
| title_full | A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance |
| title_fullStr | A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance |
| title_short | A case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis: an unusual US finding of uncertain clinical significance |
| title_sort | case of incidental infantile gallbladder adenomyomatosis an unusual us finding of uncertain clinical significance |
| topic | adenomyomatosis children gallbladder |
| url | https://doi.org/10.15557/jou.2020.0055 |
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