Symptomatic biliary obstruction associated with juxtapapillary duodenal diverticulum.
We describe a 56-year-old woman with symptomatic biliary obstruction associated with a duodenal diverticulum. Cholangiography revealed a dilated common bile duct with prominent distal obstruction of unusual configuration. Liver function tests were normal. Pain has not recurred since choledochojejunostomy.
D002758:Cholangiography; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging