Oyachi Noboru, Ohhama Youkatsu, Take Hiroshi, Fukuzato Yoshimitsu, Murakami Toru, Kitagawa Norihiko, Kudo Hironori
Department of Surgery, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, 2-138-4 Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, 232-8555, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Pediatr Surg Int. 2006 Jun;22(6):557-9. doi: 10.1007/s00383-006-1652-5. Epub 2006 Feb 11.
The authors describe a rare case of choledochal cyst and aplasia of the dorsal pancreas complicated with chronic pancreatitis. A 9-year-old boy presented with obstructive jaundice. After biliary drainage using pericutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) technique, the patient underwent choledochal cyst excision with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. The association of choledochal cyst and aplasia of the dorsal pancreas with chronic pancreatitis has never been reported previously.