Adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder in childhood: A systematic review of the literature and an additional case report

Table 1 Systematic review of adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder in childhood

Ref.	Age	Sex	Clinical presentation	US findings	Additional imaging	Type	Treatment
Alberti et al[1]	5 yr	Male	Unspecific abdominal pain	Echogenic nodule next to the neck of gallbladder	Technetium 99m HIDA, PTC	Localized	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Cetinkursun et al[2]	6 yr	Male	Acute abdominal pain, fever and bilious vomiting	Small and multiseptated gallbladder with thickened wall	MRI	Diffuse	Open cholecystectomy
Zani et al[6]	5 yr	Male	Unspecific abdominal pain	Multiseptated gallbladder within the lumen	NA	Segmental (annular type)	Open cholecystectomy
Akçam et al[3]	9 yr	Female	Unspecific abdominal pain	Thickening of the wall of the gallbladder with echogenic areas parallel to the wall of gallbladder	MRI	Diffuse (honeycomb)	Open cholecystectomy
Zarate et al[5]	4 mo	Female	Incidental finding in Beckwith-Wiedemanns	Echoic foci within gallbladder wall	None	Localized	Observation
Our case	11 yr	Male	Acute abdominal pain, nausea, non-bilious vomiting	Thickening of the wall, multiple polypoid formations	MRI	Diffuse	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Hyperlink: http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2003.4.2.85. MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; US: Ultrasound scan; PTC: Percutaneous trans-hepatic cholecystocholangiography; NA: Not available data.