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Although cholelithiasis is an uncommon condition in infants, a recent study documented the increasing detection of this disorder. This increase may be explained by the wide use and improvement in abdominal ultrasound. Choledocholithiasis with cholestatic jaundice in infants usually requires therapeutic intervention, even though the incidence of spontaneous resolution has been reported to be higher in infants than adults. Choledocholithiasis in children has traditionally been managed surgically with open common duct exploration. Recently, endoscopic stone removal was accepted as a standard therapy in pediatric choledocholithiasis. We report a case of the successful removal of common bile duct stone using endoscopic papillary balloon dilation (EPBD), in a 28-month-old infant with Down's syndrome.
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Infant , Child , Adult , Male , Female , Humans , IncidenceABSTRACT
C1q nephropathy is an immune complex glomerulonephritis defined by predominant mesangial C1q deposition and has no evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus. Patients are usually between the ages of 15 and 30 when diagnosed and have a nephrotic range proteinuria. C1q nephropathy in adult has not been reported yet in Korea. Also it may be accompanied by hematuria, but it is uncommonly manifested hematuria without proteinuria. We experienced a case of C1q mediated glomerulonephritis that manifested by asymptomatic hematuria in adult. A 47-years-old man visited our hospital complaining general weakness and fatigue. Microscopic hematuria was detected on routine examination of urinary sediment so that renal biopsy was carried out. Renal biopsy showed C1q mediated glomerulonephritis. We report a case of C1q mediated glomerulonephritis manifested by asymptomatic hematuria without proteinuria. C1q nephropathy should be added to the differential diagnosis of glomerulonephritis in patients with asymptomatic hematuria.