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A 41-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of pancreatitis in association with a choledochal cyst. Endoscopic ultrasound contributed in making the diagnosis of choledochal cyst. It also revealed the presence of a long common channel, an anomaly involved in the genesis of this congenital malformation of the biliary tree.
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Pham, C.A.N., Valette, PJ. & Barkun, A. Endoscopic ultrasound exploration of a choledochal cyst. Abdom Imaging 18, 29–31 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201697
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