A Case of the Common Bile Duct Web Treated with a Retrievable Covered Metallic Stent.
- Author:
Yun Sun IM
1
;
Woo Chul CHUNG
;
Kang Moon LEE
;
Jeong Rok LEE
;
Jin Dong KIM
;
Chang Nyol PAIK
;
Jin Mo YANG
;
Hyung Min CHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. jwchulkr@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Web;
Obstructive jaundice;
Covered metallic
- MeSH:
Biliary Tract;
Cholangiography;
Cholecystectomy;
Common Bile Duct;
Female;
Humans;
Jaundice, Obstructive;
Recurrence;
Stents
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2008;36(3):181-186
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The web of the common bile duct is an extremely rare condition and is attributed to obstructive jaundice. Most cases have been found incidentally during a surgical procedure, since no specific preoperative clinical manifestations exist. Typically, the web of the biliary tree appears as a slit- or shelf-like radiolucent narrowing on a cholangiography. We experienced a case of the web of the common bile duct with obstructive jaundice in a 62 year- old female who complained of right upper quadrant pain. The patient was diagnosed via an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography, and treated by way of a cholecystectomy, membranectomy and T-tube insertion. Four months after the surgical procedure, the patient had a recurrence of the web-like structure in the common bile duct and was subsequently treated successfully using a retrievable covered metallic stent insertion.
