Gamuts

Cystic and saccular lesions of bile ducts with dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts

Choledochal cysts (a.k.a. bile duct cyst) are congenital conditions involving cystic dilatation of bile ducts. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
Amebic liver abscess
Bacterial cholangitis with tiny saccular abscesses
Caroli disease
Choledochal cyst
Hepatic fibrosis-renal cystic disease
Hydatid disease
Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
Reversible dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts
Sclerosing cholangitis with prestenotic saccular outpouchings
May Be Caused by
Amebic liver abscess
Bacterial cholangitis with tiny saccular abscesses
Caroli disease
Choledochal cyst
Hepatic fibrosis-renal cystic disease
Hydatid disease
Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
Reversible dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts
Sclerosing cholangitis with prestenotic saccular outpouchings


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