Obstructive jaundice from open vessel clip.
Obstructive jaundice occurred 3 years after cholecystectomy in a 49-year-old man. At surgery a large stone was discovered in the common bile duct. Pathologic examination showed that the stone had formed around an open vessel clip. Migration of an open vessel clip to the biliary system with subsequent stone formation has not been reported previously.
Davis
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M
Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque 87131.
Hart
B
B
Kleinman
R
R
D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D042882:Gallstones / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged