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Endoscopy 1983; 15(1): 36-38
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018605
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Bleeding Birth of a Gallstone from a Hanging Papilla of Vater

G. Balldin, J. Cronstedt
  • Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Trelleborg Hospital, Trelleborg, Sweden
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A case of major gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to the passage of a gallstone from a 20 mm long, hanging papilla of Vater is presented. An upper digestive endoscopy revealed the stone in the very process of expulsion from the papilla into the duodenum in which fresh blood was seen. Bleeding stopped a few days afterwards. Follow-up endoscopic and radiological examinations of the gastrointestinal tract disclosed no other potential source of bleeding.

Key words:

Digestive endoscopy - Hemobilia - Gallstone - Papilla of Vater

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