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Choledochal cyst. Choledochocal malfomation. Abnormal pancreatico-biliary junction. Children. Excision. Biliary reconstruction. Ultrasonography. Per-operative cholangiography
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Choledochal Cyst--A Different Disease In Newborns And Infants, Zafar Nazir, Munira Abdul Aziz
Choledochal Cyst--A Different Disease In Newborns And Infants, Zafar Nazir, Munira Abdul Aziz
Department of Surgery
Abstract
We report experience of managing Choledochal Cyst (CC) in different paediatric ages. Eleven neonates and infants (aged 0-8 months) and 24 paediatric cases (aged 2.5 - 18 years) were managed over 24 years (1988 to 2012). Neonates and infants presented with jaundice, acholic stools and abdominal mass whereas most of the paediatric cases presented with intermittent non-specific abdominal pain. Morphology of CC was mostly cystic in neonates whereas it was fusiform in majority (62%) of paediatric cases. Biliary amylase was high and correlated with the presence of abnormal pancreaticobiliary junction (PBJ) in 20 /24 paediatric patients. Obstruction at the …