Acute pancreatitis is a frequent complication of choledochal cysts, whereas the recurrence
of pancreatitis after excision of the cyst is uncommon. Recurrent pancreatitis is
thought to be related to protein plugs or stone migration into the common biliopancreatic
duct or pancreatic duct. This is the case of a woman presenting with acute pancreatitis
8 years after partial cyst excision due to mucin secretion by metaplastic epithelium
in the choledochal cyst remnant.
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