title: Choledochal cyst following operation for idiopathic perforation of the biliary tract in childhood.
abstract: Three patients with idiopathic perforation of the biliary tract who had been treated by a drainage procedure, had a choledochal cyst during 2-8 years of follow up. In all patients, anomaly of pancreaticobiliary duct was revealed by cholangiography and/or retrograde cholangiopancreaticography. It was strongly suggested that biliary perforation in childhood and congenital choledochal cyst are common in pathogenesis and that an anomalous arrangement may play an important causative role.
mesh_terms: D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous