Combination of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy for Recurrent Cholangitis in Distal Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

An 86-year-old man diagnosed with distal cholangiocarcinoma was treated with uncovered biliary metal stent placement. The metal stent was occluded due to growth of the tumor into the stent. Although he underwent placement of two additional plastic stents in the metal stent, the plastic stents were also rapidly occluded. He was admitted and underwent transpapillary exchange of the plastic stents. Five days later, endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) was performed using a plastic stent. The patient had no recurrence of cholangitis thereafter and was discharged 42 days after EUS-HGS.