Obstructive jaundice associated with polysplenia syndrome in an older child.

J Pediatr Surg

Department of Surgery, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing.

Published: December 1992

Polysplenia syndrome includes malrotation and various forms of heterotaxy. Associated with this and malrotation are extrahepatic biliary anomalies. Actual obstruction, other than in associated biliary atresia, is extremely rare, and rarer still in older children. An 11-year-old girl presented with obstructive jaundice, malrotation, and heterotaxy, which were found in association with common bile duct anomalies and intermittent common bile duct obstruction. This case illustrates that the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice, even in older children, should include congenital anomalies, and that biliary anomalies should be considered in cases of malrotation and heterotaxy.

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