title: Assessment of a postoperative anastomotic stricture following correction surgery of a type IVa choledochal cyst using Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography.
abstract: Choledochal cyst is a relatively uncommon disease which is characterized by congenital dilatation of the intra and/or extrahepatic part of the biliary tree. Type IVa choledochal cysts are managed surgically through total excision of the entire extrahepatic part of the abnormal bile ducts and a simultaneous hepaticoenterostomy. Postoperative anastomotic stricture after excision of choledochal cysts and hepaticojejunostomy is a well-known late complication. We report a case of a 17-year-old female in whom gadoxetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance cholangiography assisted in the evaluation of a biliary stricture following bile duct procedures after choledochal cyst correction surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, University of Crete, Stavrakia, 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. perdikakis_ev@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perdikakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, University of Crete, Stavrakia, 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelia G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Chryssou
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University of Crete, Stavrakia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Mairi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koulentaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University of Crete, Stavrakia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kouroumalis
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, University of Crete, Stavrakia, 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karantanas
keywords: Choledochal cyst; Gd-EOB-DTPA; Hepatojejunostomy; MR imaging/diagnosis