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Radiology, Vol 167, 143-144, Copyright © 1988 by Radiological Society of North America

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Fetal gallstones

WC Klingensmith 3d and DT Cioffi-Ragan
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO 80218.

Routine obstetric ultrasound (US) examinations in a 33-year-old woman revealed a normal fetal gallbladder at 24 menstrual weeks but multiple structures in the gallbladder with findings typical of gallstones at 37 menstrual weeks. No other abnormalities were present. Three days after a term delivery, an abdominal US examination again demonstrated multiple gallstones. When the infant was 6 weeks old, a follow-up abdominal US study showed no evidence of gallstones. This case, as well as one previously reported, demonstrates that findings typical of gallstones may be seen in the fetus, and that these structures may spontaneously resolve.


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