Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children

Choledochoduodenal fistula (CDF) is an unusual clinical entity and a diagnostic challenge in children. We herein present CDF as an unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in a 6-year-old child. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient reported until date. In this paper, we also high...

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Autores principales: Duman, Levent, Savas, Cagri, Aktas, Aykut Recep, Akcam, Mustafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197198
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.136479
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author Duman, Levent
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description Choledochoduodenal fistula (CDF) is an unusual clinical entity and a diagnostic challenge in children. We herein present CDF as an unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in a 6-year-old child. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient reported until date. In this paper, we also highlight possible etiologic factors, presenting symptoms, diagnostic methods, and treatment modalities of CDF.
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spelling pubmed-41556372014-09-05 Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children Duman, Levent Savas, Cagri Aktas, Aykut Recep Akcam, Mustafa J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Choledochoduodenal fistula (CDF) is an unusual clinical entity and a diagnostic challenge in children. We herein present CDF as an unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in a 6-year-old child. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest patient reported until date. In this paper, we also highlight possible etiologic factors, presenting symptoms, diagnostic methods, and treatment modalities of CDF. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4155637/ /pubmed/25197198 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.136479 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Duman, Levent
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Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children
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title_full Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children
title_fullStr Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children
title_full_unstemmed Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children
title_short Choledochoduodenal fistula: An unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children
title_sort choledochoduodenal fistula: an unusual cause of recurrent cholangitis in children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4155637/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.136479
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