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Acute Obstructive Choledocholithiasis: A Case of Elusive Gallstones on Imaging
Gastroenterology
  • Karolina Dziadkowiec, HCA Healthcare
  • Larnelle Simms, HCA Healthcare
  • Sweet Gerlie Smith, HCA Healthcare
  • Aviv Katz, HCA Healthcare
  • Kayode Olowe, HCA Healthcare
Division
East Florida
Hospital
JFK Medical Center
Document Type
Case Report
Publication Date
6-7-2020
Keywords
  • choledocholithiasis,
  • endoscopy,
  • biliary,
  • gall stones
Abstract

Acute choledocholithiasis results when stones form in the gallbladder and then pass into the common bile duct, where they may become lodged and cause obstruction. To our knowledge, very few cases are reported in which multiple imaging techniques had failed to detect the presence of gallstones, as per current literature review. We report a case of a 73-year-old woman with nausea, vomiting, and jaundice who was found to have choledocholithiasis with negative imaging on abdominal ultrasound (US), CT, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP).

Publisher or Conference
Cureus
Citation Information
Dziadkowiec K N, Simms L, Smith S A, et al. (June 07, 2020) Acute Obstructive Choledocholithiasis: A Case of Elusive Gallstones on Imaging. Cureus 12(6): e8489. doi:10.7759/cureus.8489