title: Biliary stone causing afferent loop syndrome and pancreatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. roncon86@hotmail.com
authors.forename: André Roncon Dias
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Roberto Iglesias
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: 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*