Open AccessBenign nontraumatic inflammatory stricture of mid portion of common bile duct mimicking malignant tumor: Report of two cases
Author(s) -
Chao Hung Ho,
TsengShing Chen,
FullYoung Chang,
ShouDong Lee
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i14.2153
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive jaundice , common bile duct , etiology , fibrosis , bile duct , gastroenterology , jaundice , radiology
Benign nontraumatic inflammatory stricture of the common bile duct (CBD) may result in obstructive jaundice, which can be misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor of the CBD preoperatively. Two cases with strictures of the mid portion of the common bile duct presenting with obstructive jaundice are reported herein. Preoperative radiological studies prompted us to confidently make the diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. However, the postoperative diagnosis on histological examination of the resected lesions was chronic inflammation and fibrosis. The complications of chronic duodenal ulcer are considered as the etiology of these two disorders.