title: Successful endoscopic unroofing for a pediatric choledochocele.
abstract: A choledochocele (type 3 choledochal cyst) is rarely observed in children. A 6-year-old boy experienced abdominal pain approximately 6 times in the previous 5 months. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography findings revealed a small cyst in the distal common bile duct. An endoscopic examination was performed, and a choledochocele was detected at the duodenal papilla. Endoscopic unroofing was successfully performed, and the postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahata
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male