Hemobilia: a case with recurrent jaundice cured by removal of a blood clot from the common bile duct.
A 78-year-old woman was admitted for recurrent jaundice, fever and biliary colic. At operation the common duct was found to be filled with a large blood clot. Removal of this clot resulted in a clinical cure.
D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002758:Cholangiography; D003018:Clot Retraction; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006406:Hematoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence