Double-barrel common bile duct: a rare cause of extrahepatic biliary obstruction

Srimurthy, K.R.; Praveen, L.S.; Anand, H.K.; Bhat, N.; Shankar, G.

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 26(1): 38-39

2007


ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8860
PMID: 17401237
Document Number: 609398
Double-barrel common bile duct is rare. We report a 50-year-old woman with defective canalization of the common bile duct, presenting with extrahepatic biliary obstruction due to stones in one compartment. CT scan highlighted this anomaly. After failed attempts at stone extraction at ERCP, she was successfully operated on.

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