Cholangitis caused by surgical clip migration into the common bile duct: a rare complication of a daily practice
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- 21 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in BMJ Case Reports
- Vol. 13 (1) , e231201
Abstract
A 54-year-old female patient complained of right upper quadrant abdominal pain 11 years following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A CT scan demonstrated a collection in the surgical bed and a surgical clip in the proximal bile duct. Cholangitis developed a few days later. Another CT showed that the surgical clip migrated to the distal common bile duct. The clip was removed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and the cholangitis was resolved.Keywords
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