The Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Infantile Congenital Choledochal Cyst : Report of a Case
The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 45 Issue 1-4
Page 57-61
published_at 1998-12
Title
The Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Infantile Congenital Choledochal Cyst : Report of a Case
Creators
Kuga Takayuki
Creators
Esato Kensuke
Creators
Inoue Takashi
Creators
Taniguchi Satoshi
Creators
Tashiro Norimichi
Creators
Honjo Kazumitsu
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Creator Keywords
congenital choledochal cyst
magnetic resonance (MR) imaging
magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
We report herein the case of a 5-year-old girl found to have a congentital choledochal cyst. The patient was admitted to hospital for investigation of epigastralgia and vomiting and a choledochal cyst was subsequently diagnosed by ultrasonography (US) and abdominal computed tomogrophy (CT). A magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) revealed a congenital choledochal cyst with anomalous pancreatico-biliary ductal union. Thus, resection of the diated bile duct with a cholecys tectomy and hepaticoduodenostomy were performed. Her postoperative course was unremarkable and she was discharged on postperrative day 40. MRCP is a new noninvasive imaging techmique used for visualizing the biliary ducts, the advantages of which include its safety, high sensitivity, and assurasy. It is also more costeffective than most other examinations, with the exception of ultrasonography and CT without use of sontrast material.
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued
1998-12
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
open access
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[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools
医学部