title: Spontaneous infantile choledochal cyst perforation.
abstract: Spontaneous perforation is a rare complication of infantile choledochal cysts. A 23-weeks female with acute biliary peritonitis is described and differentiation from a spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic bile duct highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, St.John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Babu M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Nyamannawar
authors.forename: Kanishka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous