Taro Fukui, Takeshi Chochi, Toru Maeda, Chunyong Lee, Yohnosuke Wada, Masaki Ohashi, Jun Tashiro, Masahiro Arai, Morito Kurata, Takayoshi Yoshida, Fumio Konishi
Spontaneous bile duct rupture is a rare condition in adults, with only 70 cases reported. Increased bile duct wall pressure may lead to rupture and biliary peritonitis. In this patient, the bile duct ruptured in the hepatic left triangular ligament. A 91-year-old man underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for choledocholithiasis and endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage (ERBD) placement. One week later, removal of the ERBD and common bile duct stones and an endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) were performed...
January 2021: Case Reports in Gastroenterology