An unusual choledochal cyst

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1997 Nov;12(11):771-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00369.x.

Abstract

We report a case of Caroli's disease associated with diverticulae and choledochocele of the common bile duct, a wide pancreaticobiliary angle and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. This patient presented with recurrent episodes of cholangitis. To our knowledge, such a range of findings in the same patient has not been previously reported in the English language literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bile Ducts / abnormalities
  • Caroli Disease / diagnosis*
  • Caroli Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholangiography
  • Cholangitis / diagnosis
  • Choledochal Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Choledochal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Ducts / abnormalities
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography