Biliary cysts are relatively uncommon and they can be congenital or acquired and can have various presentations such as cholelithiasis, cholangitis, jaundice, and pancreatitis. Biliary cysts are associated with a high risk of biliary cancers and such risk increases with age. Identification of biliary cysts warrants an aggressive approach to lower cancer risk. Surgical management has a high success rate and it lowers morbidity, mortality, and cancer risk. We present a 40-year-old female who had a cholecystectomy in 2016. She presented with obstructive jaundice and was found to have a class I biliary cyst. She underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with stenting which led to complete resolution of her symptoms. Later, she underwent elective Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy with cyst resection three months later. She underwent a successful recovery.
Keywords: biliary cysts; choledochal cysts; endoscopy ercp; hepato biliary cancers; jaundice cholestatic; magnatic resonance cholangiopancreaticography(mrcp); obstructive jaundice; post cholecystectomy complications; right upper quadrant abdominal pain; roux-en-y hepaticojejunostomy.
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