• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Ceftriaxone Choledocholithiasis
  • Beteiligte: Robertson, Frank M.; Crombleholme, Timothy M.; Barlow, Sarah E.; Verhave, Menno; Brown, Daniel
  • Erschienen: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 1996
  • Erschienen in: Pediatrics, 98 (1996) 1, Seite 133-135
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1542/peds.98.1.133
  • ISSN: 0031-4005; 1098-4275
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Ceftriaxone is a broad-spectrum, third-generation cephalosporin. The formation of biliary sludge and cholelithiasis after ceftriaxone administration has been reported and is thought by many to be a benign process.1-3 Despite this, cholecystectomy has been performed in symptomatic patients who have received ceftriaxone.3,4 This complication of ceftriaxone therapy is not widely appreciated in the gastroenterology and surgical literature. We report the documented case of ceftriaxone choledocholithiasis.</jats:p> <jats:p>CASE REPORT</jats:p> <jats:p>A 9-year-old boy who 4 weeks before admission was treated for open head trauma was referred for evaluation of abdominal pain and cholelithiasis. The patient sustained a comminuted, depressed skull fracture of the left frontal area with underlying cerebral laceration from being kicked in the head by a horse.</jats:p>