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Large Gallstones Stacked Together in the Common Bile Duct after Choledochojejunostomy

Authors :
Yuri Sakamoto
Yohei Takeda
Shiho Kawahara
Takuya Shimosaka
Wataru Hamamoto
Hiroki Koda
Taro Yamashita
Takumi Onoyama
Kazuya Matsumoto
Hajime Isomoto
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 61(17)
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

A 65-year-old man had a history of cholecystectomy and treatment for cholelithiasis with a common bile duct incision. Owing to frequent cholangitis, he underwent choledochojejunostomy. Twenty years after the surgery, he was hospitalized for cholangitis and was suspected of having hilar cholangiocarcinoma based on imaging findings. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy using a SpyGlass™ DS (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, USA) showed gallstones and bile sludge in the bile ducts, but no tumors were noted. Electrohydraulic shockwave lithotripsy with double-balloon enteroscopy enabled complete stone removal; a direct visual biopsy with peroral cholangioscopy showed no malignancy in the bile duct.

Details

ISSN :
13497235
Volume :
61
Issue :
17
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c0c9fb1fe822c1dea939cf270e211b6b