A very low-birth-weight infant with spontaneous perforation of a choledochal cyst and adjacent pseudocyst formation.
Spontaneous perforation of a choledochal cyst with ensuing pseudocyst formation is a very rare complication. We report the development of a pseudocyst adjacent to a choledochal cyst in a very low-birth-weight infant at 2 months of age. Elective excision of the choledochal cyst and biliary tract reconstruction were successfully performed 2 months later when the infant weighed 3 kg. Delayed primary repair may be a viable alternative treatment for low-birth-weight infants with choledochal cysts.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kakogawa West City Hospital, 384-1 Hiratsu, Yoneda-cho, Kakogawa-shi, Hyogo, 675-8611, Japan. yasufuku_ksb@knc.kakogawa.or.jp
Masao
M
Yasufuku
Chieko
C
Hisamatsu
Nahoko
N
Nozaki
Eiji
E
Nishijima
D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography