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A. MATHESON, M.D.; I. HARRISON TUMPEER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1930;40(3):571-580.

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Congenital atresia of the bile ducts is sufficiently rare to warrant presentation of an additional case. Isolated cases have been reported since 1801, but it was not until 1892 that a complete summary of the subject was given by Thomson,¹ who added one case to forty-nine cases that he gathered from the literature. In 1901, Rolleston and Hayne² collected ten more cases. Lavenson³ added one case in 1908, and by 1911, Howard and Wolbach⁴ found fourteen additional cases. Since then cases have been reported by Moschovitz,⁵ Alfred Hess,⁶ Holmes,⁷ Feldman,⁸ Hauser,⁹ Vigholt,¹⁰ Rosenberg and Judd¹¹ and others.

For a clear understanding of this anomaly, it may be well to recall briefly the development of the biliary system.¹² At about the third week of intra-uterine existence a longitudinal groove appears on the ventral wall of the duodenum. On the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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CHICAGO

From the Sarah Morris Hospital for Children of the Michael Reese Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, March 7, 1930.

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