1329 Choledochocele: An Unlikely Culprit of Acute Relapsing Pancreatitis
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Choledochocele as an atypical cause of relapsing acute pancreatitis: diagnosis and endoscopic treatment.
The choledochocele is a cystic dilatation of the intraduodenal portion of the bile duct and corresponds to the type III biliary cysts in the Todani ´s classification. Eventhough the majority of patients remain asymptomatic they can be an atypical cause of abdominal pain or relapsing acute pancreatitis events. The risk of malignancy is lower than other choledochal cyst (<2,5%). The treatment is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-9270,1572-0241
DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000594844.42823.0d