ACCESSORY HEPATIC DUCT ASSOCIATED WITH A CHOLEDOCHAL CYST

This case report describes an accessory hepatic duct (AHD) identified by intraoperative cholangiography during excisional surgery of a chole dochal cyst (CC). The accessory duct was divided and reconstructed suc cessfully to the Roux-en-Y jejunal loop. The postoperative course was uneventful, and follow-up abdominal sonography revealed neither eviden ce of biliary tract obstruction nor atrophic changes of the liver. It is advocated that an AHD should be meticulously reconstructed if it is divided during excisional surgery of a CC.