title: [Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct (author's transl)].
abstract: A report is given about the clinical picture, the course and therapy of spontaneous perforation of the bile duct. In adults perforations may be caused by necrotic lesions of the bile duct due to thrombosis of very small vessels supplying the wall. Increase of bile pressure due to various causes then may induce perforation.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000150:complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Die spontane Gallengangsperforation.