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A 24-year old Japanese woman with congenital choledochal dilatation associated with carcinoma, cholelithiasis and pancreatolithiasis was treated. She had undergone choledochocystoduodenostomy at the age of 5 years. At the present admission, a dilated choledochus was excised and hepaticojejunostomy (Roux-en-Y anastomosis) and pancreatic ductojejunostomy were performed. Adenocarcinoma involved the entire mucosal surface of the resected specimen. We also present a review of the literature on the treatment and prognosis of patients with congenital biliary dilatation associated with carcinoma after bypass operation in childhood. We emphasize that in patients with congenital choledochal dilatation, the dilated choledochus should be excised, even in young children.
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Shimizu, N., Hamazoe, R., Ogawa, H. et al. Congenital choledochal dilatation associated with carcinoma after choledochocystoduodenostomy —Case report and a review of the literature—. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 15, 495–500 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470097
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