title: Spontaneous (nontraumatic) perforation of the common bile duct: report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases of non-traumatic perforation of the common bile duct are reported. Severe inflammatory reaction of the perforated site was a common and only histologic finding in those three patients. Timely diagnosis of the resulting choloperitoneum and prompt surgical treatment of the primary cause of biliary inflammation afforded long-term uncomplicated cure; the site of perforation healed spontaneously after simple external drainage of the newly formed bile cavity.
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans