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Vol. 64. Issue 6.
Pages 578-580 (December 1998)
Vol. 64. Issue 6.
Pages 578-580 (December 1998)
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Un caso excepcional de cuerpo extraño en el colédoco por fístula duodenobiliar
AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE OF A FOREIGN BODY REACHING THE COMMON BILE DUCT VIA CHOLEDOCHODUODENAL FISTULA
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Se presenta un caso de un paciente de 74 años, consumidor habitual de ramas de tomillo en sus comidas, sometido a colecistectomía simple un año antes, y que posteriormente presenta cuadros de colangitis. Se comentan las exploraciones preoperatorias realizadas, el hallazgo en el colédoco distal de una rama de tomillo como núcleo de formación de barro y concreciones biliares, su tratamiento y su evolución.
Palabras clave:
Cuerpo extraño coledociano
Colangitis
Fístula duodenobiliar
We report the unusual case of a 74-year-old patient who was accustomed to consuming thyme branches in his meals. He had undergone simple cholecystectomy one year before presenting symptoms of cholangitis. Preoperative examination disclosed the presence in distal common bile duct of a branch of thyme that had served as the nidus for biliary sludge and stones. We discuss these findings as well as the treatment and outcome
Keywords:
Biliary foreign body
Cholangitis
Choledochoduodenal fistula