Korean J Intern Med.
1997 Jan;12(1):105-108.
Acute pancreatitis complicating pregnancy in a patient with co-existing choledochal cyst
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul.
Abstract
- Choledochal cyst, although more common in females than in males, has only rarely been encountered in association with pregnancy. A 29-year-old nulliparous woman at 32nd week gestation was diagnosed as acute pancreatitis with co-existing type l choledochal cyst. Resection of the choledochal cyst was performed and a Roux-en-Y hepatico-jeunostomy was carried out to provide biliary drainage. Although the preferred management of a choledochal cyst is excision and Roux-en Y reconstruction, this may have to be deferred until after delivery, depending on gestational age, because of the risk of fetal mortality and maternal morbidity that is associated with this procedure.
MeSH Terms
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Acute Disease
Adult
Choledochal Cyst/ultrasonography
Choledochal Cyst/surgery
Choledochal Cyst/complications*
Female
Human
Pancreatitis/ultrasonography
Pancreatitis/physiopathology
Pancreatitis/etiology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications/physiopathology
Pregnancy Complications/diagnosis*
Pregnancy Outcome*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*
