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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2018

A case of a right accessory hepatic duct diagnosed during a Whipple procedure.

Konstantinos Manesis, Efstathios Nikou, Spiridon Zaravinos, Petros Bouboulis, Christianna Oikonomou, Dimitrios N Kalliouris, Dimitrios Filippou, Panagiotis Skandalakis

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Konstantinos Manesis2nd Department of General Surgery, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece; Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatony, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: manesiskostas@yahoo.com.
Efstathios Nikou2nd Department of General Surgery, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Spiridon Zaravinos2nd Department of General Surgery, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Petros Bouboulis2nd Department of General Surgery, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece; Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatony, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Christianna Oikonomou1st Department of Surgery, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece; Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatony, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios N Kalliouris2nd Department of General Surgery, 417 Army Share Fund Hospital, Athens, Greece; Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatony, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios FilippouDepartment of Anatomy and Surgical Anatony, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis SkandalakisDepartment of Anatomy and Surgical Anatony, Medical School, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR401 General Military Hospital of Athens · GR

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Abstract

introductionAlthough anatomic variations of the bile tract are relatively common and can be present in about 28% of patients, existence of an accessory right hepatic duct that confluence on the common bile duct is quite rare. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We present a rare case of a caucasian 78-years-old patient, with accessory right hepatic duct which was diagnosed intraoperatively. The patient was submitted to Whipple procedure due to a mass in the head of pancreas. Intraoperatively, an accessory right hepatic duct that merged with the common bile duct was found, and a double bilio-intestinal anastomosis was performed. DISCUSSION: Definition of accessory hepatic duct, requires the existence of a main right hepatic duct, otherwise the definition of "accessory" is inconclusive. In our case the accessory right hepatic duct drained the posterior segments of the right hepatic lobe.

conclusionA detailed mapping of the biliary tree is essential in patients that will undergo major interventions of the hepatobiliary system. Common and rare variations of the biliary tree should be known prior to any intervention to avoid intraoperative difficulties or complications.

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Bile duct tree anatomyCommon bile ductRight accessory hepatic ductWhipple procedure

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