Prenatal Diagnosis of Choledochal Cyst at 23 weeks by Sonography.
- Author:
Sook Hee CHOI
1
;
Yu Jin KIM
;
Hye Eun PARK
;
Byoung Mok YOON
;
Moon Jong KIM
;
Young Cheol BAEK
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Daedong Hospital, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Choledochal cyst;
Prenatal diagnosis;
Prenatal sonography
- MeSH:
Choledochal Cyst*;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Laparotomy;
Pregnancy;
Prenatal Diagnosis*;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2003;46(6):1227-1230
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In the past few years a wide variety of fetal abnormalities have been successfully prenatal diagnosed by maternal sonography. Early excision of the choledochal cyst in the newborn is considered to be the optimal treatment and may pose less risk to the patient than delayed surgical exploration. We present a new case diagnosed a choledochal cyst at 23 weeks gestation by routine ultrasound scanning. At 38 weeks gestation a female infant was born by spontaneous delivery. At 7 weeks of age the patient underwent a laparotomy performed cyst excision with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. We experienced a case of choledochal cyst at prenatal sonography and report our case with a brief review of literature.
