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Multiple choledochal cysts

Report of a case

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The case of an 11-month old female baby who had a classical type of choledochal cyst and two additional huge intrahepatic bile duct cysts is reported. The gallbladder was absent. The ampulla of Vater was atretic and the liver showed biliary cirrhosis.

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From the Departments of Pathology and Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry-6.

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Madhavan, M., Aurora, A.L., Khanna, K.K. et al. Multiple choledochal cysts. Indian J Pediatr 44, 133–135 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02753648

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