title: [Clinical aspects, diagnosis and therapy of genuine bile duct cysts].
abstract: During an eight-year period eight patients with intra- or extrahepatic bile duct cysts were treated at our institution. One patient belonged to Type I, four to Type IV and three to Type V according to the classification by Alonso-Lej/Todani. The main symptom among the Type IV patients was jaundice, among the Type V patients abdominal pain. The correct diagnosis could be established by ERCP in seven of eight cases. Two type V patients with disease mainly confined to one lobe of the liver could be resected, one patient was treated endoscopically, the others underwent biliary drainage procedures.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Westfälischen-Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sulkowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kautz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winde
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Klinik, Diagnostik und Therapie genuiner Gallengangszysten.