Cholelithiasis in Saudi Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia
| Autor: | Ahmed H. Al-Salem, Nadir Al-Jishi, Ali H. Al-Jam'a, Hussain Abusrair, Abdulla Jaber |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gallbladder General Medicine Gallstones Hematocrit medicine.disease Gastroenterology Sickle cell anemia Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine Hemoglobin F Medicine Biliary sludge Hemoglobin Ultrasonography business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Saudi Medicine. 12:387-390 |
| ISSN: | 0975-4466 0256-4947 |
| DOI: | 10.5144/0256-4947.1992.387 |
| Popis: | Gallbladder ultrasonography was performed on 150 patients with sickle cell disease (144 SS and 6 S-B Thal) to establish the prevalence of choletithiasis in Saudi sicklers. There were 81 males and 69 females whose ages ranged from 1(1/2) to 75 years (mean 16.0). Gallstones were demonstrated in 29 patients, giving an overall prevalence of 19.3%. An additional 34 patients (22.7%) had only biliary sludge. The youngest patient with gallstones was seven-years-old. Of those with positive gallstones, radiopaque gallstones were found in 24%. There was a correlation between the presence of gallstones and increasing age. Patients with gallstones also had higher serum bilirubin levels, but their hemoglobin, hematocrit, reticulocyte count, hemoglobin S and hemoglobin F levels were not significantly different from those patients without gallstones. |
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