Prenatal Diagnosis of Choledochal Cyst at 23 weeks by Sonography.

Choi, Sook Hee; Kim, Yu Jin; Park, Hye Eun; Yoon, Byoung Mok; Kim, Moon Jong; Baek, Young Cheol

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2003;46(6):1227-1230.
Published online June 1, 2003.

Prenatal Diagnosis of Choledochal Cyst at 23 weeks by Sonography.

Sook Hee Choi, Yu Jin Kim, Hye Eun Park, Byoung Mok Yoon, Moon Jong Kim, Young Cheol Baek

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Daedong Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

In the past few years a wide variety of fetal abnormalities have been successfully prenatal diagnosed by maternal sonography. Early excision of the choledochal cyst in the newborn is considered to be the optimal treatment and may pose less risk to the patient than delayed surgical exploration. We present a new case diagnosed a choledochal cyst at 23 weeks gestation by routine ultrasound scanning. At 38 weeks gestation a female infant was born by spontaneous delivery. At 7 weeks of age the patient underwent a laparotomy performed cyst excision with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. We experienced a case of choledochal cyst at prenatal sonography and report our case with a brief review of literature.

Key Words: Choledochal cyst, Prenatal diagnosis, Prenatal sonography