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A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain.

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Mergener, K; Clavien, PA; Branch, MS; Baillie, J
Published in: Am J Gastroenterol
January 1999

We describe the unusual case of a patient who developed recurrent right upper quadrant pain 25 yr after cholecystectomy. A cystic lesion containing a calculus was identified on transabdominal ultrasound, initially suggesting the possibility of gallbladder duplication. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography identified this lesion as a massively dilated cystic duct stump. Surgical resection led to complete resolution of symptoms. Recurrent cholelithiasis involving the cystic duct stump may lead to massive dilatation, and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of postcholecystectomy syndrome.

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Am J Gastroenterol

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ISSN

0002-9270

Publication Date

January 1999

Volume

94

Issue

1

Start / End Page

229 / 231

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Recurrence
  • Radiography
  • Pain
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cystic Duct
  • Cholelithiasis
 

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Mergener, K., Clavien, P. A., Branch, M. S., & Baillie, J. (1999). A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain. Am J Gastroenterol, 94(1), 229–231. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00803.x
Mergener, K., P. A. Clavien, M. S. Branch, and J. Baillie. “A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain.Am J Gastroenterol 94, no. 1 (January 1999): 229–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00803.x.
Mergener K, Clavien PA, Branch MS, Baillie J. A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain. Am J Gastroenterol. 1999 Jan;94(1):229–31.
Mergener, K., et al. “A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain.Am J Gastroenterol, vol. 94, no. 1, Jan. 1999, pp. 229–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00803.x.
Mergener K, Clavien PA, Branch MS, Baillie J. A stone in a grossly dilated cystic duct stump: a rare cause of postcholecystectomy pain. Am J Gastroenterol. 1999 Jan;94(1):229–231.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Gastroenterol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9270

Publication Date

January 1999

Volume

94

Issue

1

Start / End Page

229 / 231

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Recurrence
  • Radiography
  • Pain
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Cystic Duct
  • Cholelithiasis