Fetal Gallstones in a Newborn after Maternal COVID-19 Infection

Fetal gallstones are rare incidental findings on ultrasound during pregnancy. We describe a newborn girl with gallstones that was born to a mother who had COVID-19 infection during her last trimester. The baby remained asymptomatic, and the stones resolved spontaneously without any treatment or comp...

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Autores principales: Gurleen Kaur Kahlon, Anna Zylak, Patrick Leblanc, Noah Kondamudi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a2d800b3ed1a418c8d7fdad92a351ea22021-11-29T00:56:48ZFetal Gallstones in a Newborn after Maternal COVID-19 Infection2090-681110.1155/2021/3688173https://doaj.org/article/a2d800b3ed1a418c8d7fdad92a351ea22021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3688173https://doaj.org/toc/2090-6811Fetal gallstones are rare incidental findings on ultrasound during pregnancy. We describe a newborn girl with gallstones that was born to a mother who had COVID-19 infection during her last trimester. The baby remained asymptomatic, and the stones resolved spontaneously without any treatment or complications within six weeks of birth. Several conditions predispose to fetal gallstones, and it is unclear if the recent maternal COVID-19 infection had any role in the occurrence of these abnormalities or was merely coincidental. This is the first case describing an association of fetal gallstones with a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy.Gurleen Kaur KahlonAnna ZylakPatrick LeblancNoah KondamudiHindawi LimitedarticlePediatricsRJ1-570ENCase Reports in Pediatrics, Vol 2021 (2021)
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Gurleen Kaur Kahlon
Anna Zylak
Patrick Leblanc
Noah Kondamudi
Fetal Gallstones in a Newborn after Maternal COVID-19 Infection
description Fetal gallstones are rare incidental findings on ultrasound during pregnancy. We describe a newborn girl with gallstones that was born to a mother who had COVID-19 infection during her last trimester. The baby remained asymptomatic, and the stones resolved spontaneously without any treatment or complications within six weeks of birth. Several conditions predispose to fetal gallstones, and it is unclear if the recent maternal COVID-19 infection had any role in the occurrence of these abnormalities or was merely coincidental. This is the first case describing an association of fetal gallstones with a COVID-19 infection in pregnancy.
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author Gurleen Kaur Kahlon
Anna Zylak
Patrick Leblanc
Noah Kondamudi
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Patrick Leblanc
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title Fetal Gallstones in a Newborn after Maternal COVID-19 Infection
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title_fullStr Fetal Gallstones in a Newborn after Maternal COVID-19 Infection
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publisher Hindawi Limited
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