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Long-term results of management of type I choledochal cysts in adults.

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Choledochal cysts in adults is a rare condition. The present study describes our experience with this abnormality of the biliary tree. During a 16-year period (1978-1993) eight adults with type I choledochal cyst were treated surgically in our departments. They were 4 men and 4 women with a mean age

Management of Adult Choledochal Cyst Coexisting with Gallbladder Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

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Choledochal cyst is a relatively rare condition. Even rarer is a choledochal cyst in association with a gallbladder carcinoma. This study reports a rare case of gallbladder carcinoma coexisting with a choledochal cyst in a Nigerian patient. Clinical records of the patient including preoperative

Rare event of biliary papillomatosis arising in a choledochal cyst.

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A 31-year-old man presented with features of recurrent cholangitis for 7 months. Examination revealed icterus and a palpable 10×8 cm lump in the right hypochondrium extending into the epigastrium. Total and direct bilirubin was raised (8.4, 6.7 mg/dL). Alkaline phosphatase (468 U/L) was raised but

Choledochal cyst in neonates.

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Common bile duct cyst, or choledochal cyst is known to be an uncommon cause of neonatal jaundice. It is usually associated with distal biliary tract obstruction and presents a clinical picture that is indistinguishable from biliary atresia. We report two cases of neonatal choledochal cyst

Spontaneous rupture of choledochal cyst presenting in childhood.

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Spontaneous rupture of choledochal cysts is one of the rare complications, and can sometimes be the initial manifestation. It should be considered in the presence of bile-like fluid. A 10-year-old girl had acute onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, and elevated bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase,

[Choledochal cyst. The clinical picture, diagnosis and therapy].

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A 21-year-old woman who for more than one year had had epigastric pain which was unrelated to food and radiated belt-like, was found to have a marked increase in gamma-GT, slightly elevated phosphatase activity, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The diagnosis of choledochal cyst, type

Dilation of intraheptic bile ducts in choledochal cyst: case report with follow-up review of the literature.

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Fifty-five cases of intrahepatic dilation of the bile ducts associated with choledochal cyst have been found in the literature, mostly reported over the past five years. Obstructive jaundice is often not present at an early stage in this group of patients, but dissociation of the serum bilirubin and

EBV Infection Unmasking a Choledochal Cyst in an Infant.

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Hepatic involvement is common in acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in children. It usually manifests as a transitory elevation of transaminases in up to 80% to 90% of patients, and they normalize by 2 to 6 weeks. A cholestatic pattern with elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase (γGT) and

Hybrid laparoscopic-robotic management of type IVa choledochal cyst in the setting of prior Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: video case report and review of the literature.

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BACKGROUND Choledochal cysts are rare congenital disease of the biliary system. The recommended treatment of these lesions is surgical excision with biliary enteric reconstruction. In patients with normal anatomy, Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy is preferred. However, different options in biliary

Acquired choledochal cyst following intraabdominal tumor surgical excision: A case report

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Introduction: Choledochal cyst (CC) is a morphological malformation characterized by dilatations of the biliary tree that might present later with clinical symptoms, including jaundice, abdominal pain or pancreatitis.

Different clinical presentations of choledochal cyst among infants and older children: A 10-year retrospective study.

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Choledochal cyst is a rare and often benign congenital cystic dilation throughout the biliary tree. Due to the benign nature of choledochal cyst among early-diagnosed patients, the clinical assumption and diagnosis seem to be of utmost significance. Therefore, we sought to assess different clinical

Biliary rhabdomyoscarcoma mimicking choledochal cyst.

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A 3-year old male presented with complaints of pruritus, abdominal pain for 3 weeks and jaundice. Stools were acholic. There was jaundice, liver palpable 3 cm below right costal margin, no ascites or palpable masses. Serology revealed albumin 2.9 g/dl; ammonia of 31 mmol/l; elevated conjugated

The clinical significance of common bile-duct dilatation in patients without biliary symptoms or causative lesions on ultrasonography.

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OBJECTIVE Although abdominal ultrasonography (US) is a good initial screening method for detection of biliary tract disease, we sometimes encounter patients who only have findings of dilatation of the common bile duct (CBD) on US, without specific biliary symptoms or jaundice. This study aimed to

Four year experience with cholangiocarcinoma: a survey of patients, clinical presentation, management and prognosis in two hospitals.

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Seventeen patients with cholangiocarcinoma diagnosed in Toa Payoh and Tan Tock Seng Hospitals from 1986-90 were studied retrospectively. There was a male preponderance (male:female = 12:5) with a mean age of 58 years (range 28-82 years). All presented with obstructive jaundice. Three had

Measurement of serum total bile acid levels in long-term postoperative follow-up of patients with congenital bile-duct dilatation.

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Serum total bile acid levels (STBA), a sensitive indicator of cholestasis, were measured during the long-term postoperative period in patients with congenital bile-duct dilatation (CBDD) (choledochal cyst) and the factors contributing to elevation of STBA were analyzed in 44 patients. Their ages at

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