A case of biliary atresia with duplication of the common bile duct.
The authors report a case of biliary atresia (BA) with duplication of the common bile duct. A 1-month-old girl was referred for investigation of persistent jaundice. BA was suspected and confirmed with intraoperative cholangiography. A portoenterostomy was performed at 50 days of age. During dissection of the fibrous remnant of the common bile duct, a separate fibrous bile duct remnant running in parallel on the left, was identified. Histologically, there was bile duct proliferation at the porta hepatis of the left bile duct remnant. A diagnosis of BA with duplicated common bile duct was made. Postoperative course was uneventful, and at a follow-up assessment at 7 months, she was jaundice free, and her progress has been unremarkable.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Yamataka
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Yanai
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Hosoda
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Segawa
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Kobayashi
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Miyano
D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011171:Portoenterostomy, Hepatic