Common Bile Duct Diseases - Surgery
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Pancreatic pseudocyst with fistula to the common bile duct resolved by combined biliary and pancreatic stenting--a case report and literature review.

30 Jul 2009 Pancreatic pseudocysts develop in 10% to 20% of patients with chronic pancreatitis, and can cause a variety of complications such as infection, bleeding or development of fistulae. However, fistulous communication with the common bile duct is very ... Read more...

Endoscopic biliary plastic stenting and successful intentional stent retrieval in a benign biliary stricture with mural spherical calcification and porcelain gallbladder.

13 May 2009 We report a very rare case of benign biliary stricture with calcification and porcelain gallbladder, causing difficulty in differential diagnosis. A 64-year-old man was referred for further examination of jaundice. Computed tomography showed ... Read more...

[Mirizzi syndrome with cholecystoduodenal fistula--a rare complication of cholecyctolithiasis]

30 Dec 2008 Mirizzi syndrome is a rare complication of the long-term gallbladder stone disease. It's caused by a gallbladder stone impression to the common bile duct wall. The clinical appearance is an obstructive jaundice, pain in right subchondrium and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Common Bile Duct Diseases - Surgery'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mirizzi syndrome: diagnosis, treatment and a plea for a simplified classification. 30 Jul 2009
• Pancreatic pseudocyst with fistula to the common bile duct resolved by combined biliary and pancreatic stenting--a case report and literature review. 30 Jul 2009
• Endoscopic retrograde pancreatography. 8 Jun 2009
• Endoscopic biliary plastic stenting and successful intentional stent retrieval in a benign biliary stricture with mural spherical calcification and porcelain gallbladder. 13 May 2009
• New technologies, more complex procedures, and a host of external constraints have changed where and how surgical skills are taught. 30 Mar 2009
• Crohn's disease of the common bile duct and ampulla causing obstructive jaundice and acute pancreatitis. 22 Feb 2009
• [78-year-old patient with elevated liver and cholestatic parameters] 15 Feb 2009
• Biliary hydatidosis. 30 Jan 2009
• [Mirizzi syndrome with cholecystoduodenal fistula--a rare complication of cholecyctolithiasis] 30 Dec 2008
• Choledochoduodenal fistula caused by blunt abdominal trauma in a child. 29 Nov 2008
• [Fungal liver abscesses in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis and Crohn's disease] 30 Oct 2008
• Spontaneous common bile duct rupture in a pregnant female--a rare cause of peritonitis. 29 Oct 2008
• Is complicated gallstone disease preceded by biliary colic? 22 Oct 2008
• Congenital common bile duct web in association with hepatobiliary pancreatic ductal anomalies. 5 Oct 2008
• The relationship of Mirizzi syndrome and cholecystoenteric fistula: validation of a modified classification. 29 Sep 2008
• The relationship of Mirizzi syndrome and cholecystoenteric fistula: validation of a modified classification. 29 Sep 2008
• Easy sphincterotomy in patients with Billroth II gastrectomy: a new technique. 30 May 2008
• [Diagnosis and surgical tactics in Mirizzi syndrome] 30 May 2008
• Common bile duct polyp mimicking choledocholithiasis: a case report with laparoscopic transcystic management. 30 May 2008
• Precut sphincterotomy based on papillary characteristics. 30 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Common Bile Duct Diseases'

Definition: Diseases of the COMMON BILE DUCT including the AMPULLA OF VATER and the SPHINCTER OF ODDI.

Descriptor UI: D003137

Alternative terms: Common Bile Duct Diseases;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.130.120.250;

History Note: 80

Technical Notes: inflamm dis = CHOLANGITIS (IM) + COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES (IM); calculi = COMMON BILE DUCT CALCULI see GALLSTONES but consider also CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS