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A calcified, retained stone impacted in a diverticulum of the distal common bile duct was successfully treated with biliary extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (BESWL). The stone fragments spontaneously passed within 1 week of lithotripsy treatment without the aid of further intervention. This case is unusual in that the stone lodged in a bile duct diverticulum proved inaccessible at the time of surgical exploration.
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Lee, S.H., Gibney, R.G. & Burhenne, H.J. Biliary extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of an impacted stone in bile duct diverticulum. Gastrointest Radiol 15, 317–319 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01888808
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