Gallstone disease in children
Major importance in stone formation in children the hereditary factors in combination with common metabolic disorders and abnormalities of biliary system are given. Forming concretions in children are not accompanied by an acute inflammation of the gall bladder. Functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract are factors contributing to the development of cholelithiasis in children. The clinical picture of gallstone disease in preschool children recalls attack hypertonic biliary dyskinesia, and the older children takes place under the guise of esophagitis, chronic gastroduodenitis, peptic ulcer disease.