TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL DILATATION OF THE BILE-DUCT - ABOUT REPORT OF3 CASES

Congenital dilatation of the bile doer is an uncommon lesion requiring surgical treatment. Complete excision of the diseased bile duct preve nts development of carcinoma of the bile duct. We report three cases o f congenital dilation of the binary three, each illustrating a particu lar aspect of the therapeutic strategy. One patient had an unusual ano maly of the pancreaticobiliary junction that required pancreaticoduode nectomy. Another patient developed carcinoma of the bile duct 15 years after an interval derivation of a choledocal cyst intrahepatic bile d ucts associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis.