Abstract
Roentgen visualization of the gallbladders of infants has been consistently unsatisfactory and has been of little value in diagnosis of lesions of the biliary tract. Satisfactory cholecystograms have been commonly obtained in patients older than three years when the adult dose of either tetraiodophenolphthalein or iodoalphionic acid (Priodax) has been used.1As a rule, films have been taken about 14 hours after the oral administration of contrast material. In 1945 Hrdlicka, Watkins, and Robb2reported that they had obtained satisfactory gallbladder shadows in two infants 9 and 10 months of age and in three of four infants 12 to 18 months of age. Iodoalphionic acid was used in doses two or three times the usual adult requirement per kilogram of body weight. In infants from one to seven months, no satisfactory gallbladder shadows appeared. Films were made 12 to 18 hours after the oral administration of the contrast
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