title: Migratory surgical clip in the common bile duct: CT diagnosis.
abstract: There are only a few case reports in the literature describing the migration of metallic surgical clips into the common bile duct. Diagnosis of this postcholecystectomy complication is usually made during ERCP. We describe the identification on CT scan of a migratory surgical clip in the common bile duct in a patient with biliary colic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, Mease Hospital, 3231 McMullen Booth Road, Safety Harbor, FL 34695-1098, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Entel
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Peebles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008670:Metals