Case Report
Description of the First Case of Adenomyomatosis of the Gallbladder in an Infant
Table 1
Previous cases of adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder in children.
| Study | Origin | Age (years) | Sex | Symptom | Ultrasonography | Management | Type |
| (1) Alberti et al., 1998 [6]. | Italy | 5 | Male | Abdominal pain | Echogenic nodule was detected next to the neck. | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Localized |
| (2) Cetinkursun et al., 2003 [7]. | Turkey | 6 | Male | Abdominal pain, fever and bile vomiting. | A small and multiseptated gallbladder with thickened wall. | Open cholecystectomy | Diffuse |
| (3) Zani et al., 2005 [8]. | Italy | 5 | Male | Abdominal pain | Multiseptated gallbladder within the lumen. | Open cholecystectomy | Segmental (annular type) |
| (4) Akçam et al., 2008 [1]. | Turkey | 9 | Female | Abdominal pain | Thickening of the wall of the gallbladder with echogenic areas parallel to the wall of gallbladder. | Open cholecystectomy | Diffuse (honeycomb) |
| (5) Our case, 2014. | USA | 4 m | Female | Incidental finding | Echoic foci within gallbladder wall. | Observation | Localized |
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