title: Spontaneous perforation--a rare complication of choledochal cyst.
abstract: We report a 2-year-old girl with spontaneous perforation of choledochal cyst. Preoperative diagnosis was possible by hepatobiliary scintigraphy. In view of emergency presentation and bile peritonitis, management was a staged procedure with peritoneal lavage and T-tube drainage of the biliary system, followed by excision of the cyst and Roux-en-Y hepatico-jejunostomy 3 months later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow.
authors.forename: Gajanan D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wagholikar
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chetri
authors.forename: Surinder K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Yachha
authors.forename: Sadiq S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sikora
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010533:Peritoneal Lavage / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D016896:Treatment Outcome