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Rare Abnormalities of the Bile Ducts, Congenital Anomalies, and Tumors

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We are not concerned here with the rather common intrahepatic biliary cysts, but with cysts that communicate with a major segment of bile duct. For a long time choledocal cysts (CCs) were considered to be congenital. But there are arguments for the secondary development of CCs above a ductal anomaly: as confirmed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) (Wiedmeyer 1985), CCs develop above an abnormally long (average length 26 mm) common segment of the pancreatic and biliary ducts. This common segment is often dilated. Thus pancreatic enzymes may ascend within the common bile duct and alter its wall.

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Weill, F.S. (1996). Rare Abnormalities of the Bile Ducts, Congenital Anomalies, and Tumors. In: Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61045-5_17

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