Choledochal Cysts Resected during Childhood Show No Mutations of KRAS and BRAF as Early Markers of Malignancy in Cholangiocytes.

 In patients with choledochal cysts (CDC), a hyperplasia-dysplasia-carcinoma sequence can lead to biliary tract malignancy. The limited data available suggest that the risk decreases considerably after excision in childhood. We analyzed samples of resected CDC from pediatric patients histologically and performed mutational analysis of the proto-oncogenes  After institutional review board approval, patients undergoing resection for CDC in our center from 2011 to 2019 were retrospectively identified. Histopathological reports were searched for inflammation and endothelial alteration. Cases with sufficient tissue specimen were tested for  In total, 42 patients underwent resection for choledochal cyst in the study period. Median age at surgery was 2.4 years (range = 18 days-18 years). Histopathological analysis showed no malignancy, but various degrees of inflammation or fibrosis in approximately 50% of the patients and in all age groups. Sufficient tissue for mutation analysis was available for 22 cases, all of which tested negative for  In our series, chronic inflammatory changes were frequently present in CDC of infants and children. However, the lack of

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