Biliary stone causing afferent loop syndrome and pancreatitis.
We report the case of an 84-year-old female who had a partial gastrectomy with Billroth-II anastomosis 24 years ago for a benign peptic ulcer who now presented an acute pancreatitis secondary to an afferent loop syndrome. The syndrome was caused by a gallstone that migrated through a cholecystoenteric fistula. This is the first description in the literature of a biliary stone causing afferent loop syndrome.
Dias
André Roncon Dias
AR
Department of General Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. roncon86@hotmail.com
Lopes
Roberto Iglesias
RI
D000343:Afferent Loop Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001658:Biliary Fistula; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*