title: Isolated complete transection of the common bile duct due to blunt trauma in a child, and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of isolated complete transection of the common bile duct due to blunt abdominal trauma in a 3-year-old child is presented. The rarity of this injury and its initial presentation as a pancreatic pseudocyst warrant its description. This patient, the fifteenth child to be reported in the literature, was diagnosed as having a biliary injury following ultrasound-guided percutaneous drainage. Choledochal transection was documented at laparotomy and was successfully treated by proximal cholecystostomy and choledochojejunostomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction. Delayed diagnosis is common, but this injury should always be kept in mind. Early diagnosis is feasible with the use of the HIDA scan. A review of the literature, modes of diagnosis, and techniques for surgical repair are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Hôpital Ste-Justine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bourque
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spigland
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bensoussan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blanchard
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*