Choledochocele containing a stone mistaken as a distal common bile duct stone / 영남의대학술지
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
; : 60-64, 2015.
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em Ko
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| ID: wpr-28196
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ABSTRACT
A choledochocele is an expanded sac of the duodenal side of the distal common bile duct (CBD), and is categorized as a type III choledochal cyst. Unlike other choledochal cysts, it can be easily overlooked because of its very low prevalence, non-specific clinical symptoms, and lack of distinctive radiological findings. However, a patient having a repeated pancreaticobiliary disorder with an unknown origin, frequent abdominal pain after cholecystectomy, or repeated non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms can be suspected as having a choledochocele, and a more accurate diagnosis can be achieved via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound. Because it rarely becomes malignant, a choledochocele can be treated via endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) and surgical treatment. The authors were able to diagnose choledochocele accompanied by a stone in a patient admitted to the authors' hospital due to cholangitis and pancreatitis. The patient's condition was suspected to have been caused by a distal CBD stone detected via multiple detector computed tomography and ERCP, and was successfully treated via EST.
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Assunto principal:
Pancreatite
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Colecistectomia
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Cálculos Biliares
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Dor Abdominal
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Cisto do Colédoco
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Colangite
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Prevalência
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Ultrassonografia
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Colangiopancreatografia Retrógrada Endoscópica
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Esfinterotomia Endoscópica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article