Clin Endosc.  2015 Jul;48(4):348-349. 10.5946/ce.2015.48.4.348.

An Adult Choledochocele Case Presented with Acute Pancreatitis: Treatment by Endoscopic Sphincterotomy and Cyst Unroofing

• Bestas R
• Ekin N
• Ucmak F
• Kaya M

• KMID: 1964282
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2015.48.4.348

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Choledochal Cyst*
Humans
Pancreatitis*
Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography image showing that the cyst had the same intensity as the biliary tract and that the cyst communicated with the main pancreatic duct and common bile duct.

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  Fig. 2 An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography image showing communication between the cystic dilatation of the intraduodenal common bile duct (white arrow) and the pancreatic duct (black arrow).

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