A predisposing factor for spontaneous choledochal cyst perforation: esophageal dilatation procedures.
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Cyst rupture is one of the rarest complications of choledochal cysts (CC). We report an 8-year-old boy with CC rupture leading to bile peritonitis following repeated esophageal dilatations for corrosive stricture, and discuss how the esophageal dilatation procedures might constitute a predisposing factor for CC perforation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Eurasian journal of medicine
دوره 41 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009