Case Report

Fetal Gallstones in a Newborn after Maternal COVID-19 Infection

Table 1

Maternal and fetal causes associated with fetal cholelithiasis [4, 912].

Maternal causesFetal causes

(1) Hemolytic diseases (spherocytosis, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia)(1) Hemolytic diseases (spherocytosis, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia)
(2) History of cholelithiasis(2) Congenital malformation (CVS, GI, urologic, and skeletal)
(3) Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy(3) Anomalies of biliary tract or biliary obstruction
(4) Intestinal malabsorption(4) Chromosome anomalies (trisomy 21; translocation 10, 11)
(5) Chronic liver disease(5) Congenital malabsorption syndrome
(6) Hypercholesterolemia(6) Pancreatic cystic fibrosis
(7) Increased estrogen and progesterone levels(7) IUGR
(8) All types of diabetes(8) Fetal obesity or macrosomia
(9) Obesity(9) Oligohydramnios
(10) Narcotic use (methadone)(10) Polyhydramnios
(11) Ceftriaxone treatment(11) Prematurity
(12) Anticancer drug treatment(12) Prenatal leukemoid reaction
(13) Prostaglandin E2 treatment(13) Hepatitis
(14) Furosemide treatment(14) Fetal- maternal blood group incompatibility (rhesus or ABO blood group incompatibility)
(15) Prolonged fasting(15) Idiopathic
(16) Dehydration
(17) Enteral nutrition
(18) Intoxication with denatured oil treated with steroid
(19) Twin pregnancy
(20) Twin pregnancy with fetal demise of one twin
(21) Placental abruption
(22) Sepsis