Unusual cause of common bile duct dilatation in asymptomatic elderly patient: right hepatic artery syndrome

Adnan Tas; Seyfettin Koklu

2012, Number 1

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Ann Hepatol 2012; 11 (1)

Unusual cause of common bile duct dilatation in asymptomatic elderly patient: right hepatic artery syndrome

Tas A, Koklu S

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Language: English
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Obstructive jaundice by vascular compression is extremely rare. Luttwak and Schwartz first described jaundice due to an obstruction of the common hepatic duct by an aberrant artery. Compression of extrahepatic bile duct (EBD) by right hepatic artery was defined as right hepatic artery syndrome. We present here a rare case of asymptomatic biliary obstruction due to compression of the common bile duct by right hepatic artery.

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