RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pigment polyp in the common bile duct
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 776
OP 777
VO 24
IS 7
A1 Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes
A1 Faiza T. Al-Talaq
A1 Ahmed A. Al-Faraj
A1 Sami A-Mohsin Al-Moomen
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/7/776.abstract
AB We report here a case of a young female with sickle cell disease and a past history of open cholecystectomy 10 years ago presenting with intermittent upper abdominal pain and jaundice. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a dilated biliary tree with the possibility of a stone in the proximal common bile duct, but cholangiopancreatography showed a polypoid lesion at the junction of the common hepatic and common bile ducts. Biopsy of the lesion was benign. She underwent bile duct exploration and excision of what proved to be a pigment'polyp arising from the cystic duct stump. This is the first reported case of a pigment polyp encountered in sickle a cell disease population.