Table 1: Clinical and paraclinical features and surgical findings of

patients with common bile duct cyst.

 

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Sex

Female

Female

Female

Female

Age (years)

14

43

15

43

Pain

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jaundice

Yes

No

No

No

Abdominal palpable mass

Yes

No

No

No

Classic clinical triad

Yes

No

No

No

Fever

No

No

Yes

Yes

LFT abnormalities

Yes

No

No

No

Ultrasound

Vesicular lithiasis

Probable common bile duct cyst

Lithiasis cholecystitis

Hepatic abscess

Bile duct dilatation

Diagnosis

Cholangial-

resonance

Cholangiography with a Kerr probe

Cholangiography with a Kerr probe

Cholangial-

resonance

Type of cyst

Todani I

Todani I

Todani I

Todani IV A

Surgery

ERYHJA

ERYHJA

ERYHJA

ERYHJA

Hospital stay (days)

6

6

6

6

Complications

No

No

No

No

Histopathological

Benign

Benign

Benign

Benign

LFT = liver function tests;

ERYHJA = excision and Roux-en-Y hepato-jejunal-anastomosis.