Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature
We report the case of a 63-year-old woman who presented with the rare finding of a distal choledochocele in a pancreas divisum with recurrent abdominal pain and episodes of pancreatitis. She underwent successful resection with choledochectomy, papillectomy and reconstruction with a hepatico-jejunost...
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| description | We report the case of a 63-year-old woman who presented with the rare finding of a distal choledochocele in a pancreas divisum with recurrent abdominal pain and episodes of pancreatitis. She underwent successful resection with choledochectomy, papillectomy and reconstruction with a hepatico-jejunostomy and reinsertion of the uncinate pancreatic duct into the same jejunal loop. Comparable literature findings are discussed with regard to the presented case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1516f777263454a9255b80636564a712022-12-22T02:34:25ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Gastroenterology1662-06312007-10-0111909510.1159/000108636108636Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the LiteratureThilo HackertWerner HartwigJens WernerWe report the case of a 63-year-old woman who presented with the rare finding of a distal choledochocele in a pancreas divisum with recurrent abdominal pain and episodes of pancreatitis. She underwent successful resection with choledochectomy, papillectomy and reconstruction with a hepatico-jejunostomy and reinsertion of the uncinate pancreatic duct into the same jejunal loop. Comparable literature findings are discussed with regard to the presented case.http://www.karger.comArticle/FullText/108636Surgical managementPancreas divisumCholedochal cyst |
| spellingShingle | Thilo Hackert Werner Hartwig Jens Werner Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Gastroenterology Surgical management Pancreas divisum Choledochal cyst |
| title | Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Symptoms and Surgical Management of a Distal Choledochal Cyst in a Patient with Pancreas Divisum: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | symptoms and surgical management of a distal choledochal cyst in a patient with pancreas divisum case report and review of the literature |
| topic | Surgical management Pancreas divisum Choledochal cyst |
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