FOOD IMPACTION IN A DUODENAL DIVERTICULUM AS AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF BILIARY OBSTRUCTION - CASE-REPORTS AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

We present two patients with upper abdominal complaints and symptoms o f biliary obstruction. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed that the common bile duct was obstructed by a juxtapapillary du odenal diverticulum filled with a food bezoar. There were no gallstone s or other potential causes of obstruction. The bile flow was restored and symptoms disappeared after rinsing the diverticulum. Eventually, both of the patients were treated surgically because of recurrent symp toms.