title: Post-choledochoenterostomy 'sump syndrome'.
abstract: The 'sump syndrome' is an uncommon, late complication of a side-to-side choledochoenterostomy. Five patients with this syndrome were encountered over a 5-year period. Pain or cholangitis was the clinical presentation in four patients, whereas one patient presented with secondary septic arthritis and a hepatic abscess. Liver function tests were mildly abnormal in each patient. All patients had a stomal size of less than 1 cm as assessed by forward- or side-viewing endoscopy. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography revealed either stones or debris in the distal common bile ducts of all patients. Four patients had a surgical clearance of their duct with concurrent closure of the choledochoduodenostomy in three patients and the creation of a Rouxen-Y end-to-side choledochojejunostomy in the fourth patient. The other patient had an endoscopic sphincterotomy performed. After 1-4 years of follow-up, four patients have had a total resolution of symptoms. The other patient with follow-up for 4 years has had one episode of cholangitis which resolved rapidly with antibiotic treatment. The pathogenesis and clinical spectrum of the sump syndrome are reviewed and current management strategies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miros
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kerlin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dickey
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002768:Choledochostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome