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Rare disease
Hydatid cyst of head of pancreas mimicking choledochal cyst
  1. Sanwar Agrawal,
  2. Pulak Parag
  1. Department of Pediatrics, Ekta Institute of child health, Raipur, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sanwar Agrawal, drsanwar50{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 5-year-old girl presented with abdominal pain, intermittent jaundice and a gall bladder lump. Clinical examination and preoperative imaging suggested the diagnosis of a type I choledochal cyst (CDC). During surgery, this was found to be a hydatid cyst (HC) occupying the head of pancreas causing obstruction to the common bile duct (CBD). A pancreatic HC mimicking a CDC and presenting with CBD obstruction is unusual.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.04.2011.4087

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