Saldaña Dueñas Cristina, Vila Costa Juan José, Fernández-Urién Ignacio
Aparato Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, España.
Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 May;109(5):377-378.
The choledochocele is a cystic dilatation of the intraduodenal portion of the bile duct and corresponds to the type III biliary cysts in the Todani ´s classification. Eventhough the majority of patients remain asymptomatic they can be an atypical cause of abdominal pain or relapsing acute pancreatitis events. The risk of malignancy is lower than other choledochal cyst (<2,5%). The treatment is based on surgical or new endoscopic techniques of resection. In some of the cases an endoscopic sphincterotomy is the first approach.
