High rate of complicated idiopathic gallstone disease in pediatric patients of a North American tertiary care center

Table 1 Indications for abdominal ultrasounds in < 2 or 2-19 years old patients with gallstone disease

Ultrasound	For abdominal pain (n = 55)		For follow-up (n = 72)		Total (n = 127)
New diagnosis	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
> 2 yr	4	51	16	34	20	85
< 2 yr	0	0	0	22	0	22

Table 2 Numbers of patients with gallstones or sludge and associated diseases

Age (median, range)	Hemolytic	CF	Oncologic/transplantation	Infectious	Surgery + TPN	Idiopathic	Total	Male patients (% total patient number)
Gallstones
< 2 yr (2 mo, 0.5-17)				12	10		22	11 (50)
> 2 - < 19 yr (13 yr, 3-18)	19	10	10	8	10	48	105	37 (35)
Sludge
< 2 yr (2 mo, 0.2-16)	2	2	31	9	12		28	18 (64.3)
> 2 - < 19 yr (13 yr, 2.3-17)	12	4	121	10 + 11	14	3	56	23 (41.1)
Total	33	16	25	40	46	51	211	89 (42.2)

CF: Cystic fibrosis; TPN: Total parenteral nutrition;

¹Plus TPN.

Table 3 Age, gender and associated diseases in 2-19 years old patients with and without cholecystectomy

	Cholecystectomy, n = 37 (median age, yr)			No cholecystectomy, n = 68 (median age, yr)
Associated disorders and gender (female/male)	Female	Male	%	Female	Male	%
Idiopathic	23 (14.51)	5 (131)	58	10 (161)	10 (10.51)	42
Hemolytic	4 (131)	5 (9.51)	47	4 (161)	6 (111)	53
Cystic fibrosis	0	0	0	7 (15.51)	3 (151)	100
Oncologic	0	0	0	8 (91)	2 (91)	100
Infectious/TPN/surgery	0	0	0	13 (121)	5 (111)	100

¹Age differences between male and female patients not significant.