Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to A A Ramage.
Peritoneoscopy is recognized as a safe and effective procedure, even though numerous complications have been reported. We have seen a patient in whom left hydropneumothorax developed after laparoscopy, a complication not previously reported.
Choledochal cyst is a rare cystic malformation of the extrahepatic bile ducts. In all previous reports patients were investigated either for symptoms suggesting hepatobiliary disease or for laboratory data suggestive of biliary obstruction. We report a completely asymptomatic patient with normal hepatic function whose cyst was discovered serendipitously during sonogram to determine renal size.