OBSTRUCTIVE-JAUNDICE CAUSED BY A CHOLESTEROL POLYP OF THE GALLBLADDER- REPORT OF A CASE

We present herein the case of a 34-year-old man in whom obstructive ja undice was found to be caused by an impacted detached cholesterol poly p. A cholecystectomy with exploration of the common bile duct was perf ormed after ultrasonography showed cholesterol polyps and stones in th e gallbladder. Intraoperative cholangioscopy demonstrated an impacted cholesterol polyp at the distal end of the common bile duct which appe ared to be detached from the gallbladder. To our knowledge, this is th e first report of an impacted detached cholesterol polyp causing obstr uctive jaundice.