title: Endoscopic management of obstructive jaundice due to portal cavernoma.
abstract: This report describes 2 cases of calcified cavernous transformation of portal vein of unknown etiology. In both cases the revealing symptom was jaundice due to extrinsic compression of the common bile duct by the cavernoma. Only 4 other cases have been previously described in the literature. The cause of the jaundice was discovered only during surgery and confirmed by arteriography. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography allowed both the diagnosis and the palliative treatment of the stricture of the distal common bile duct. Surgical treatment could not be performed.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thervet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faulques
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pissas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bremondy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Monges
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salducci
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Grimaud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D011169:Portal Vein; D015607:Stents