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Eight-Year Follow-Up After Successful Treatment

ARNOLD M. SELIGMAN, MD; GEORGE D. ZUIDEMA, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1966;92(6):822-824.

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BECAUSE congenital atresia of the extrahepatic biliary tract is almost always fatal, exception to this course becomes of interest.

The remarkable history of one such infant was reported in 1960¹ when he had attained the age of 2 years and, after three operations, he was in good health developing normally and free of jaundice. Since he is now 8 years of age, has had two more operations, is still free of jaundice, and is again in good health, his further course since 1960 should be of interest.

He had an exploratory operation for jaundice at the age of 3 months; a diagnosis of congenital atresia of the extrahepatic biliary tract was made. At age 11 months he was found to have an intraperitoneal biliary cyst which was tapped at regular intervals for relief of what was considered to be ascites. This relieved his jaundice, decompressed his hepatic biliary tract, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the departments of surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 10, 1966.

Reprint requests to Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Belvedere Ave at Greenspring, Baltimore 21215 (Dr. Seligman).

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