Ampullary duodenal diverticulum and cholangitis

CONTEXT: Ampullary duodenal diverticulum complicated by cholangitis is little known in clinical practice, especially when there are no gallstones in the common bile duct or there is no biliary tree ectasia or hyperamylasemia. A case of this association is presented, in which the surgical treatment w...

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Main Authors: Joaquim Mendes Castilho Netto, Manlio Basilio Speranzini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802003000400007&lng=en&tlng=en