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Prenatal diagnosis of choledochal cyst: A case report
Author(s) -
Tongprasert Fuanglada,
Traisrisilp Kuntharee,
Tongsong Theera
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20856
Subject(s) - medicine , choledochal cysts , abdomen , cyst , prenatal diagnosis , quadrant (abdomen) , radiology , common bile duct , abdominal mass , cystic duct , fetus , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Choledochal cyst is one of the intra‐abdominal abnormalities of the biliary ducts that present as a cystic mass in the right upper quadrant abdomen. Prenatal diagnosis has been achieved by the demonstration of a connection between a dilated common bile duct and a cystic lesion. In this report, we describe a pregnant woman in whom routine fetal anomaly scan strongly suggested a choledochal cyst at 29 weeks of gestation by demonstrating a round cystic mass in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, completely separated from the stomach, bowel loops, and gall bladder, and which showed a connection with the dilated common bile duct. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011