A Case of Biliary Cast Developed in a Patient with Long-Standing Biliary Sludge.

Author: Ja Won KOO ¹ ; Na Eun JANG ; Hong Joo LEE ; Kwang Ro JOO ; Jae Myung CHA ; Hyun Phil SHIN ; Joung Il LEE ; Sung Jig LIM
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1. Department of Gastroenterology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. krjoo@khu.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Cast; Biliary tract; Sludge; Gallbladder; Nontransplant
MeSH: Bile; Biliary Tract; Gallbladder; Humans; Liver Transplantation; Sewage; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome; Transplants
From:Clinical Endoscopy 2013;46(1):98-101
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Development of biliary casts is very unusual, especially in patients who have not undergone liver transplantation. Variable causes of biliary cast formation in nonliver transplantation patients have been suggested. However, stasis of bile flow and/or gallbladder hypocontractility is known to eventually result in the promotion of biliary sludge and subsequent cast formation. Here we present one case of biliary cast syndrome, which developed in a nonliver transplant patient who had biliary sludge for a long period of time, providing evidence that long-standing biliary sludge may lead to cast formation.