Ultrasonic demonstration of a common bile duct calculus associated with congenital bile duct dilatation.
A 8-year-old Japanese girl had congenital bile duct dilatation, associated with both choledocholithiasis and acute pancreatitis. Ultrasonography (US) was used to demonstrate a stone within a dilated common bile duct, and US provides the most useful preoperative information to proceed to surgery.
Tomooka
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Department of Pediatrics, Saga Koseikan Hospital, Japan.
Koga
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T
Onitsuka
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H
Hayashida
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Y
Kuroiwa
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T
Miyazaki
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S
Torisu
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M
D002648:Child; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography