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A case of biliary stricture caused by cavernous transformation of the portal vein
Author(s) -
TAKEHARA HIROO,
KOMI NOBUHIKO,
OKADA AKIRA,
MASAMUNE KATSUHIRO,
ASAI AKIKO
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1993.tb03030.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , complication , duodenum , bile duct , common bile duct , biliary tract , jaundice , radiology , biliary cirrhosis , varices , surgery , cirrhosis , disease , autoimmune disease
A case is reported of extrahepatic obstruction of the portal vein with the unusual complication of obstructive jaundice that resulted from compression of the common bile duct caused by cavernous transformation of the varicose network. It is surgically impossible to repair choledochal stenosis resulting from enlarged varices in the vicinity of the common bile duct. In this case, internal drainage from the biliary duct to the duodenum using a silastic tube and a reservoir implanted in the subcutaneous space successfully eliminated the jaundice.