Common bile duct compression by an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
A 76-year-old female was admitted to the hospital with oral bleeding. Laboratory findings were suggestive of disseminated intravascular coagulation. An endoscopic cholangiography was performed in order to rule out a biliopancreatic tumor. A symmetrical stenosis of the lower part of common bile duct was observed. This extrinsic compression was due to a calcified abdominal aortic aneurysm. CT scan confirmed the close relation between the common bile duct and the aortic aneurysm. No cholestasis was described.
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002758:Cholangiography; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed