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The article focuses on an unusual case of nontraumatic common bile duct rupture in an elderly patient successfully managed through conservative treatment. Topics covered include the rarity of this condition in adults, diagnostic challenges involving spontaneous ruptures, and the effective use of imaging techniques like contrast-enhanced CT in detecting such ruptures and emphasizes the potential of conservative treatments, including bile drainage, as a viable option for elderly patients.

An 11-year-old boy underwent every-5-mm Nd:YAG laser irradiation for endophytic VM of the glans penis, 12 mm in size. GLO:FRY/01nov21:iju14662-fig-0001.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): 1 Preoperative and postoperative appearance of VM of the glans penis. gl Because there were no relapses of VM after this irradiation therapy, additional treatments were unnecessary. Abbreviations & Acronyms Nd:YAG neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet VM venous malformation Vascular anomalies of the male genitalia are rare, and there is no consensus on classification, cause, or treatment.1 Such anomalies include hemangiomas and vascular malformations. [Extracted from the article]