Sadiq Javaid, Nandi Biplap, Lakhoo Kokila
Oxford Children's Hospital, Oxford, UK.
J Med Case Rep. 2009 Feb 9;3:54. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-54.
Choledochal cyst is an uncommon congenital disease of the biliary tract in the UK. There are five main types of choledochal cyst with several recognised sub-types. However, occasional variants do occur.
We report a case of a female infant with an antenatally diagnosed choledochal cyst. The operative cholangiogram revealed an unusual intrahepatic biliary tree. The cyst was successfully excised and the infant is well at 18-months follow up.
The anatomy should be clearly defined before surgical excision as abnormal variants can occur, which usually do not fit into the known classification types and subtypes.
