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Choledochal cyst and crossed fused ectopic kidney - a hitherto unknown association

Journal Volume 75 - 2012
Issue Fasc.4 - Letters
Author(s) Vikrant Sood, Shorav Bhatnagar
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(1) Department of Pediatric Hepatology and (2) Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi , India.

Choledochal cyst is an uncommon biliary tract anom- aly defined as dilatation of extrahepatic bile tree with or without intrahepatic biliary dilatation. It is one of the important differential diagnosis of jaundice and abdomi- nal pain in the pediatric population. Though association with various developmental anomalies is already known, its combination with Crossed fused ectopic kidney has not been reported before in the literature to the best of our knowledge.

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