title: Low common bile duct bifurcation incidentally discovered during pancreaticoduodenectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bile duct injury due to failure to recognize anatomical variations can have considerable consequences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report an incidental discovery of a low common bile duct bifurcation below the level of the cystic duct, incidentally discovered during pancreaticoduodenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division Surgical Oncology, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI 02908, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boutros
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Somasundar
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Espat
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic / Q000473:pathology; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000601:surgery*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003549:Cystic Duct / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy