CHOLELITHIASIS IN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
Authors: H. Stephen Weens
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Article1 February 1945CHOLELITHIASIS IN SICKLE CELL ANEMIAH. STEPHEN WEENS, M.D.H. STEPHEN WEENS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-2-182 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONSince the first description of sickle cell anemia by Herrick1a rather voluminous literature about this disease has accumulated. Though the various clinical and pathological features of this condition have been thoroughly studied, the occurrence of cholelithiasis in sickle cell anemia has received very little attention. Hein, McCalla and Thorne2described the case of a young adult negro with sickle cell anemia in whom, on autopsy, stones in a thickened gall-bladder were found. They were able to recognize a similar finding in two other cases recorded in the literature. 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