Successful liver resection for biliary atresia with intrahepatic biliary cysts after Kasai procedure.
A 29-year-old woman with congenital biliary atresia underwent liver resection for intrahepatic biliary cyst and recurrent cholangitis long after Kasai procedure. The patient is alive with normal liver function and no episode of cholangitis after 12 months of follow-up.
Yamanaka
Junichi
J
First Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. sjyamana@hyo-med.ac.jp
Iimuro
Yuji
Y
Hirano
Tadamichi
T
Kosaka
Hisashi
H
Fujimoto
Jiro
J
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011171:Portoenterostomy, Hepatic; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents