title: Compression of the common bile duct by the posterosuperior pancreaticoduodenal artery: case report.
abstract: We describe a unique case of a patient who presented with a linear, transverse filling defect in the common bile duct, detected by cholangiography, that was caused by the posterosuperior pancreaticoduodenal artery compressing the common bile duct associated with gallstones. We believe this case to be the first of its kind reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Koto Hospital, 6-8-5 Oshima, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-0072, Japan. kt-medp@ff.iij4u.or.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugitani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D002758:Cholangiography; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods