A Case of Fetal Cholelithiasis Related to Maternal Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy.
- Author:
Dong Keon YON
1
;
Jae Woo AN
;
Ji Hee KIM
;
Ji Hyun JEON
;
Ju Sun HEO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Cholelithiasis; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; Ultrasonography; Prenatal
- MeSH: Cholelithiasis*; Cholestasis, Intrahepatic*; Female; Humans; Natural History; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Pregnancy*; Risk Factors; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Prenatal
- From:Neonatal Medicine 2017;24(2):92-96
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Despite the improved accuracy and increasing use of prenatal ultrasonography, fetal cholelithiasis is a rarely detected disease, and its natural history and clinical significance are not yet well defined. Many maternal and neonatal risk factors are associated with fetal cholelithiasis. Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy could be a risk factor for fetal cholelithiasis, but no case reports in previous literatures have demonstrated this relationship. We present a case of fetal cholelithiasis in the late third trimester of pregnancy that was related to intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, along with a brief review of associated literatures.
