tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Choledochal cyst as a diagnostic pitfall: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Choledochal cyst as a diagnostic pitfall: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Choledochal cyst as a diagnostic pitfall a case report Uta Waidner Doris Henne-Bruns and Klaus Buttenschoen Address Department of General Visceral and Transplantation Surgery University Hospital Ulm Germany Email Uta Waidner - Doris Henne-Bruns - Klaus Buttenschoen - Corresponding author Open Access Published 14 January 2008 Received 5 March 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 5 doi l752-l947-2-5 Accepted I4 January 2008 This article is available from http content 2 l 5 2008 Waidner et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Choledochal cysts are rare congenital anomalies. Their diagnosis is difficult particular in adults. Case presentation This case report demonstrates the diagnostic and therapeutic pitfalls. Conclusion To prevent cost-intensive and potentially life-threating complications a choledochal cyst must be considered in the differential diagnosis whenever the rather common diagnosis of a hepatic cyst is considered. Introduction Choledochal cysts are rare congenital but not familial anomalies of the intrahepatic or extrahepatic biliary tract. Cystic dilatation may affect every part of the biliary tree and may occur singly or in multiple numbers. The incidence in the population is 1 100000 to 1 150000 1 . The clinical classification which describes five different types and subtypes was revised in 1977 by Todani and colleagues 2 . The most common cystic dilatation is type I with diffuse or segmental fusiform