title: Distal common bile duct stricture and secondary biliary cirrhosis due to choledocholithiasis.
abstract: This case report documents a patient who presented with retained common bile duct (CBD) stones, recurrent attacks of cholangitis, CBD stricture, and secondary biliary cirrhosis. Endoscopic or surgical treatment of choledocholithiasis must be considered early in treatment.
authors.affiliation: West Gastroenterology Group, Inglewood, California.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Simmons
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000150:complications*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence