CHOLEDOCHOCELE PRESENTING WITH ANEMIA

Authors
KREPEL HP SIERSEMA PD TILANUS HW LAMERIS JS NIX GAJJ VANDERKWAST TH VANBLANKENSTEIN M
Citation
Hp. Krepel et al., CHOLEDOCHOCELE PRESENTING WITH ANEMIA, European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 9(6), 1997, pp. 641-643
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954691X
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
641 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-691X(1997)9:6<641:CPWA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A 31-year-old man presented with abdominal pain and iron deficiency an aemia due to gastrointestinal blood loss. Endoscopic retrograde cholan giopancreatography (ERCP) revealed a choledochocele, located between t he ampullary sphincter and the sphincters of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct. The choledochocele was removed surgically and appeare d to be covered with duodenal mucosa. Gastrointestinal blood loss is e xplained by the extensive erosions found in the duodenal mucosa of the choledochocele. Choledochoceles should be treated by radical resectio n.