Common Bile Duct Compression by an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

A. van Gossum; M. Rubinstein; L. Engelholm; M. Cremer

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1018332

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Endoscopy 1986; 18(2): 69-70
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018332

Common Bile Duct Compression by an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

A. van Gossum¹ , M. Rubinstein¹ , L. Engelholm² , M. Cremer¹

¹Medicosurgical Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme University Hospital, University Brussels, Belgium
²Department of Radiology, Erasme University Hospital, University Brussels, Belgium

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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A 76-year-old female was admitted to the hospital with oral bleeding. Laboratory findings were suggestive of disseminated intravascular coagulation.

An endoscopic cholangiography was performed in order to rule out a biliopancreatic tumor.

A symmetrical stenosis of the lower part of common bile duct was observed. This extrinsic compression was due to a calcified abdominal aortic aneurysm.

CT scan confirmed the close relation between the common bile duct and the aortic aneurysm. No cholestasis was described.

Key words:

Common bile duct - Aortic aneurysm