Todani choledochal cyst type II: case report and review.
Choledochal cyst is a rare pathological condition, which represents 1% of benign diseases of the biliary tract. It is seen with significant frequency in childhood, with a higher prevalence in females, and a greater diagnostic incidence in Asia. Diagnosis is primarily based on clinical suspicion. Its symptoms are variable, and its treatment, depending on the type, is surgical.


METHODS
a male patient, 46 years old, with clinical symptoms of acute pancreatitis as a complication of a choledochal cyst Todani type II is diagnosed during his hospital stay with cholangial magnetic resonance. The patient recovers from the acute episode and undergoes a cystectomy with biliodigestive liver-jejunum bypass and a Roux-Y anastomosis.
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Talca, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Curicó, Chile. Address: Bilbao 297, Curicó, Región del Maule, Chile. Email: solangefariasmolina@gmail.com.
Solange Marcela
SM
Farías Molina
Servicio de Cirugía, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Curicó, Chile.
Rafael Lisandro
RL
Castillo Machado
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Talca, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Curicó, Chile.
Natalia Carolina
NC
Sanhueza Palma
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Talca, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Curicó, Chile.
Jeannette Alejandra
JA
Calzadilla Riveras
D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y / Q000379:methods; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
 Roux-en-Y anastomosis; type II choledochal cyst