title: [Choledocholithiasis in a gallbladder without stones].
abstract: In 4 out of 190 patients, who underwent a cholecystectomy, stones were only found in the common bile duct and none in the gallbladder. The radiological data of these 4 patients were retrospectively analysed. In 2/3 patients sonography showed a dilatation of the common bile duct, whereas stones in the common bile duct were shown by IVC in 2/2 patients, ERCP in 3/3 patients and PTC in 1/1 patients. In 1/3 patients also, in whom an ERCP had been performed, stones were suspected in the gallbladder, but could not be verified during cholecystectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Choledocholithiasis bei steinfreier Gallenblase.