title: A rare cause of acute abdomen: spontaneous common hepatic duct perforation.
abstract: Spontaneous extrahepatic bile duct perforation is generally seen in infants. Although rarely seen in adults, it may be seen with fatal bile peritonitis. Therefore, for a patient presenting with acute abdominal symptoms, differential diagnosis must be made with radiological imaging such as abdominal ultrasonography or computed tomography, without any loss of time. In these imaging tests, in cases of gallstone disease together with perihepatic free fluid or choledocus which can not be monitored, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis. An emergency surgical intervention should be planned to avoid serious complications. The aim of this paper was to present the rare cause of acute abdomen which developed associated with spontaneous common hepatic canal perforation in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pülat
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karaköse
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Benzin
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Zafer
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Sabuncuoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Çetin
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common; D006801:Humans; D000072663:Spontaneous Perforation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed