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Endoscopy 1981; 13(5): 200-202
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021683
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Endoscopic Incision of Choledochal Cysts (Choledochocele)

J.H. Siegel, G.T. Harding, F. Chateau
  • Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Section, Beth Israel Medical Center and Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York, N.Y.
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

Congenital cysts of the bile ducts and liver usually present with symptoms of compression, obstruction or infection. The management of these problems has been the surgical approach with extirpation or diversion techniques. Cysts of the common hepatic or bile ducts should be completely excised if possible while intrahepatic cysts are treated by anastomosis of the ducts to isolated intestinal loops. Diversion techniques for distal intraduodenal cysts leads to development of the sump syndrome, and, it has been our experience in two patients to treat these, choledochocele, by incision during performance of a sphincterotomy.

Key words:

Choledochal cysts - Choledochocele - Sphincterotomy