2004-10-06-12 Gallstones, video clip © Jeanty www.thefetus.net/
Gallstones, video clip Philippe Jeanty, MD, PhD, Chaitali Shah, MD, Cerine Jeanty
Nashville, TN
This is a video clip of a fetus demonstrating multiple, tiny echogenic gallstones that cause posterior acoustic shadowing. The gallbladder is almost totally filled by the gallstones. The child was asymptomatic after birth. Some gallstones persisted up to the 6 month follow-up exam, after which the family was lost to follow-up.
These are the sagittal and transverse antenatal scans demonstrating the gallstones.
