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Revista Cubana de Cirugía
versión On-line ISSN 1561-2945
Resumen
GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, José Luis; FERNANDEZ SANTIESTEBAN, Llipsy T y BLANCO FARAMINAN, Eduardo. Giant choledochal cyst. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2015, vol.54, n.2, pp. 163-171. ISSN 1561-2945.
Choledochal cysts are rare and has higher incidence rate in the Eastern countries than in the Western nations. It is predominant in females. It is regularly diagnosed in the childhood and several hypotheses have been formulated about their origin, being one of them the biliopancreatic junction anomalies. This is the case of a 19 years-old patient with a Todani´s type IV choledochal cyst with several years of progression. He was finally performed a shunt as definitive treatment and his recovery was immediate and satisfactory.
Palabras clave : cyst; choledochus; bile ducts.