Open AccessIngested foreign body in the common bile duct
Author(s) -
Ranjan Dias,
Parackrama Dharmaratne
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.91085
Subject(s) - medicine , common bile duct , ampulla of vater , duodenum , foreign body , ampulla , general surgery , bile duct , duct (anatomy) , gastroenterology , anatomy , surgery , carcinoma
We report a case of a 5-year-old boy who accidentally ingested a metal pin which was found inside the common bile duct on surgical exploration of duodenum and was removed through the ampulla of Vater. This is the first instance that an ingested metal pin in the common bile duct has been reported in the world literature.