title: Obstructive jaundice secondary to nonbiliary extrahepatic inflammatory disease.
abstract: Two patients with persistent obstructive jaundice secondary to chronic pancreatitis and one patient with this picture secondary to a periduodenal fibrosis are reported. The infrequent occurrence of obstructive jaundice in such inflammatory processes is noted and it is suggested that the presence of a circular muscle coat in the common bile duct protects it from inflammatory narrowing. The need for preoperative anatomic evaluation by radiographic techniques is discussed along with methods of therapy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D004382:Duodenitis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography