Nonoperative management of biliary ductal stenosis. Report of a most unusual case.
A patient with documented iatrogenic stricture of the common duct is reported. Certain very unusual characteristics of this lesion suggested that it was not precisely similar to ordinary biliary strictures and that nonoperative care was worthy of trial. No reconstructive operation has been done. The strictured segment has resolved so that the patient is completely asymptomatic and has no direct or indirect laboratory or radiographic evidence of biliary obstruction.
D000328:Adult; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008722:Methods