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Ultrasonic demonstration of a common bile duct calculus associated with congenital bile duct dilatation

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A 8-year-old Japanese girl had congenital bile duct dilatation, associated with both choledocholithiasis and acute pancreatitis. Ultrasonography (US) was used to demonstrate a stone within a dilated common bile duct, and US provides the most useful preoperative information to proceed to surgery.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Saga Koseikan Hospital, 1-12-9 Mizugae, 840, Saga-shi Saga, Japan

    Y. Tomooka, T. Koga, T. Kuroiwa & S. Miyazaki

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Saga Koseikan Hospital, 1-12-9 Mizugae, 840, Saga-shi Saga, Japan

    Y. Hayashida

  3. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    H. Onitsuka

  4. Department of First Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

    M. Torisu

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Tomooka, Y., Koga, T., Onitsuka, H. et al. Ultrasonic demonstration of a common bile duct calculus associated with congenital bile duct dilatation. Pediatr Radiol 18, 499–500 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00974091

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