Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

, Volume 13, Issue 2, pp 172–173 | Cite as

Obstructive jaundice due to a textiloma mimicking a common bile duct stone

  • Bayindir Cimsit
  • M. Keskin
  • I. Ozden
  • A. Alper
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Abstract

A foreign body is a rare cause of obstructive jaundice. We report a 19-year-old woman with jaundice caused by a surgical gauze in the common bile duct (CBD). Four yours earlier, she had undergone a cholecystectomy and drainage for hydatid disease of the liver. Her postoperative course was complicated by a biliary fistula that healed after 50 days. She now presented with obstructive jaundice of 2 weeks' duration. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed a signal-void mass, consistent with a CBD stone. Surgical exploration of the CBD revealed a surgical gauze as the cause of the obstruction. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a surgical gauze obstructing the CBD requiring surgical removal.

Key words

Common bile duct Foreign body Obstructive jaundice Hydatid disease 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Bayindir Cimsit
    • 1
  • M. Keskin
    • 1
  • I. Ozden
    • 1
  • A. Alper
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of General Surgery, Hepatopancreatobiliary UnitIstanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of MedicineIstanbulTurkey

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