Choledochal Fungal Ball. An Unusual Cause of Biliary Obstruction

Overview

Journal Dig Dis Sci

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 1988 Aug 1

PMID 3292165

Citations 2

Authors

F Ho

W J Snape Jr

R Venegas

J Lechago

S Klein

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Abstract

A 31-year-old patient with sickle-cell disease who had previous cholecystectomy developed acute onset of jaundice and abdominal pain. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiography demonstrated multiple filling defects within the bile ducts. Microscopic examination of "calculi" removed at surgery revealed that a fungal ball composed of Candida was the cause of biliary obstruction in this case. The patient eventually recovered after removal of the fungal masses and intrabiliary instillation of amphotericin.

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