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Limy bile syndrome complicated by obstructive jaundice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20480840     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Limy bile syndrome is a rare condition in which the gallbladder is filled with a paste-like radiopaque material. The presence of limy bile in the common bile duct is rare. A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with epigastric pain and jaundice. Plain abdominal radiography on admission showed a radiopaque material in the gallbladder. Computed tomography also showed that the gallbladder and the common bile duct were filled with a radiopaque material. The patient had never received any cholecystographic contrast agents. As a result, a diagnosis of obstructive jaundice due to choledocholithiasis, which includes limy bile, was made. We herein report the process by which limy bile syndrome, complicated by obstructive jaundice, was successfully treated through combined treatment via endoscopic sphincterotomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Authors:
Takamitsu Sasaki; Daisuke Kato; Nobuhide Matsuoka; Yuichi Yamashita
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International surgery     Volume:  95     ISSN:  0020-8868     ISO Abbreviation:  Int Surg     Publication Date:    2010 Jan-Mar
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-19     Completed Date:  2010-06-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0043524     Medline TA:  Int Surg     Country:  Italy    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  49-53     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Nanakuma 7-45-1, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. takamitu@fc4.so-net.ne.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Bile / chemistry*
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
Cholecystography
Choledocholithiasis / complications*,  diagnosis,  surgery
Female
Gallbladder / ultrasonography
Humans
Jaundice, Obstructive / etiology*
Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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