Endoscopic management of acute cholecystitis and cholangitis caused by limy bile.
Limy bile is a relatively rare condition in which a radiopaque material is visible in the gallbladder, extending rarely into the bile duct, on plain radiography. Acute cholangitis or cholecystitis caused by limy bile is a very rare condition. There are no definite treatment guidelines for limy bile, but in most cases with cholangitis or cholecystitis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been the preferred treatment. We report a case of limy bile with biliary symptoms that was treated only with an endoscopic procedure.
Lee
Sang Heon
SH
Digestive Disease Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University School of Medicine, Bucheon and Seoul, Korea.
Moon
Jong Ho
JH
Choi
Hyun Jong
HJ
Kim
Hyung Ki
HK
Cho
Young Deok
YD
Lee
Moon Sung
MS
Shim
Chan Sup
CS