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Case Report
Obstructive jaundice due to peripapillary diverticulum with
enterolith compressing the choledochus
Erdal
Karagulle1, Huseyin Savas Gokturk2,
Emin Turk1, Hakan Oguz1, Gokhan Moray1
1Department
of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University,
Ankara, Turkey.
2Department
of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent
University, Ankara, Turkey.
*Corresponding author E-mail:
savasgokturk@yahoo.com ; Tel: 90-332-257060; Fax:
90-332-2570637
Received 15 June,2010;
Accepted 13 August, 2010
Duodenal diverticula are relatively rare and cause subtle
clinical signs and symptoms. Their diagnosis is often
delayed until complications develop. We present herein a
patient with duodenal diverticulum (enterolith within the
diverticulum) mimicking a periampullary neoplasm, who
presented with obstructive jaundice. Even if complications
occur, an exact preoperative diagnosis may be very difficult
especially in patients with previous cancer surgery at this
site.
Keywords: Duodenal diverticulum, jaundice, abdominal
pain, enterolith |