title: [Choledochal cyst. Prenatal diagnosis and early neonatal management].
abstract: Cysts of the main bile duct occur rarely. Antenatal diagnosis has improve med management. We demonstrate the difficulties in identifying intra-abdominal liquid collections at antenatal examinations and discuss the differential diagnosis. Certain diagnosis is established when a communication between the bile duct and the cyst can be visualized. After sonography confirmation post-natally, early surgical cure is required and has radically changed the prognosis of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Médecine Foetale, CHU A. de Villeneuve, Montpellier.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Allal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boulot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002765:Cholecystography; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal