Late post-traumatic obstructive jaundice secondary to a biliary tract foreign body.
Post-traumatic biliary obstruction caused by a penetrating foreign body is rare. Our patient appears to be the first case in which the diagnosis was established by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Even though this entity is uncommon, it should be considered in patients presenting with jaundice and abdominal pain years after penetrating abdominal trauma.
D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications