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Endoscopic ultrasound exploration of a choledochal cyst

✍ Scribed by Christine A. N. Pham; Pierre-Jean Valette; Alan Barkun

Publisher
Springer
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
620 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0942-8925

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✦ Synopsis

A 41-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of pancreatitis in association with a choledochal cyst. Endoscopic ultrasound contributed in making the diagnosis of choledochal cyst. It also revealed the presence of a long common channel, an anomaly involved in the genesis of this congenital malformation of the biliary tree.

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