Case of a Closed Choledochocele With Biliary and Pancreatic Drainage Via the Accessory Duct Causing Acute Pancreatitis
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Type III choledochal cysts, also called choledochoceles, are rare cystic dilatations of the terminal biliary tree. We report the case of a 'closed choledochocele', in which the bile and ventral pancreatic ducts emptied into the cyst, but because there was no outlet into the duodenum, drainage was retrograde via the accessory duct. This type of choledochocele variant has never previously been described in the medical literature.
Source: Digestive Endoscopy
Authors: Stuart R. Gordon, John M. Levenick, Daniel L. Rath, Timothy B. Gardner
Institutions: Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Cheshire Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2153256938