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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 10
| Issue : 1 | Page : 48-49 |
Choledochal cyst associated with extrahepatic bile duct atresia
Arun Kumar1, AK Gupta2, V Bhatnagar1
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110029, India
2 Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110029, India
Correspondence Address:
V Bhatnagar
Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.16077
Three infants who presented with clinical features of neonatal cholestasis and clinically suspected to have biliary atresia were found on imaging studies and surgery to have extrahepatic bile duct atresia in association with choledochal cyst. All patients were treated by bilio-enteric bypass procedure. Post operatively jaundice cleared in only two patients. The prognosis of this association depends on the pre-existent liver damage due to biliary atresia.
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