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Article: Cholelithiasis in an infant with Klinefelter's syndrome.
- Article from:
- Southern Medical Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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ABSTRACT
Cholelithiasis has been reported only rarely in infants. We describe a case of cholelithiasis in a 1-month-old infant with Klinefelter's syndrome. This association has not been previously reported.
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CHOLELITHIASIS is uncommon in childhood and rare in infancy. (1-3) We report a case of cholelithiasis in a 1-month-old infant with Klinefelter's syndrome. To our knowledge, this association has not previously been reported.
CASE REPORT
This male white infant was born to a gravida 2, para 1 39-year-old mother at term. The father was 44 years old and in good health. There was no history of consanguinity. ...