LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN EARLY INFANCY

Infantile cholelithiasis is being diagnosed with increasing frequency. In infants, idiopathic cholelithiasis has rarely been diagnosed on ab dominal ultrasound examination in the course of investigation for abdo minal colic, but with no apparent biliary pathology, We report two inf ants, aged 1 and 2 months, in whom cholelithiasis was found during eva luation for vomiting and severe abdominal distress that was clinically suggestive of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Both infants, who remain ed symptomatic, underwent modified laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), This first presentation of LC in infants highlights the applicability of this novel technique in this very young age group.