Volume 12, Number 1, 322-324, DOI: 10.1007/BF01885172

Diagnosis and treatment of choledochocele complicated by choledocholithiasis (case report)

Christoph D. Becker, Alexander G. Nagy, Robert G. Gibney and H. Joachim Burhenne

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Abstract

We report a case of choledochocele associated with choledocholithiasis. The patient became symptomatic when a gallstone was trapped within the choledochocele, causing intermittent biliary obstruction. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) provided the diagnosis and endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed for definite non-operative treatment. The lesion could not be identified on ultrasound even after its demonstration by ERC. The importance of direct cholangiography in the diagnosis of a choledochocele is discussed.

Key words  Choledochocele - Direct cholangiography

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