What are the symptoms of a choledochal cyst?
What are the symptoms of a choledochal cyst?
Symptoms of Choledochal Cyst
- Yellow color to the eyes and skin (jaundice)
- Pain in the upper-right belly (upper-right-quadrant pain)
- Soft mass that can be felt in the upper-right belly.
- Pale or clay-colored stools (feces)
- Fever, if they have an infection (cholangitis)
How do you diagnose a choledochal cyst?
Diagnosis was established by clinical and radiographic findings including: ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatograpy (MRCP), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC) and cytological examination of the bile juice.
Why does Chledochal cyst cause jaundice?
In infants, choledochal cysts usually lead to obstruction of the bile ducts and retention of bile. This leads to jaundice and an enlarged liver.
What is a bile duct cyst?
Choledochal cysts, are rare congenital dilations (enlargements) of the bile ducts, a network of long tube-like structures that carry bile from the liver to small intestine for digestion. Biliary System. Choledochal cysts are classified into 5 types, based on site of the cyst or dilatation.
How is a choledochal cyst treated?
How are choledochal cysts treated? Children with choledochal cysts need surgery to remove them. This involves removing a lobe of the liver if the cysts are intrahepatic, or part of the duct outside of the liver if the cysts are located there. This surgery also includes biliary reconstruction using a piece of intestine.
What causes choledochal cyst baby?
Researchers believe that choledochal cysts form when there is an abnormality at the intersection between the bile duct and pancreatic duct. This abnormal connection forces pancreatic juice to flow backward into the bile duct and may cause cysts to form.
How common are choledochal cysts?
Choledochal cysts are rare: one in every 100,000 to 150,000 children in Western countries is born with choledochal cysts. Girls are four times more likely to be affected than boys. The condition is more common in East Asian countries, especially Japan, though researchers do not know why.
