title: Obstructive jaundice.
abstract: The case of a 67-year-old male patient affected by ingravescent obstructive jaundice, calcific choledocholithiasis and cardiopathic hypertension, is presented. On sonography, marked dilatation of intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts with a hyperechoic round neoformation was visualized. CT was performed to ascertain the nature of the lesion. However, it did not confirm the lithiasic nature of the stenosis. Sampling for ERCP was inadequate. Cholangiopancreatography was therefore necessary to establish a correct diagnosis and the subsequent therapeutic approach. Distal choledochal obstruction was evidenced, suspicious for lithiasis obstruction. A definitive diagnosis could not be established on exclusive imaging findings. Surgery was performed with the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma with lithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Anestesiologiche e Radiologiche Sezione di Diagnostica per Immagini, Università di Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scialpi
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baraldi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campioni
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mannella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D042883:Choledocholithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male