Pancreatogenic choledocholithiasis in common bile duct stump after Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy: A case report

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 96; no. 46; p. e8789
• Main Authors: Jiang, Yuan-Hui, Zhang, An-Hong, Zhou, Shao-Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Abdominal Pain - etiology; Abdominal Pain - surgery; Aged; Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y - adverse effects; Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y - methods; Choledocholithiasis - etiology; Choledocholithiasis - surgery; Clinical Case Report; Common Bile Duct - pathology; Common Bile Duct - surgery; Dilatation, Pathologic; Female; Humans; Jejunostomy - adverse effects; Jejunostomy - methods; Pancreatic Ducts - pathology; Pancreatic Ducts - surgery; Pancreatitis, Chronic - etiology; Pancreatitis, Chronic - surgery; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - surgery
• ISSN: 0025-7974; 1536-5964
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008789

Choledocholithiasis in common bile duct (CBD) stump after Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy (RYHJ) is incredibly rare and its pathophysiology is poorly understood. A 79-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with upper abdominal pain radiating through to the back in November 2016. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) revealed filling defects in CBD stump, chronic pancreatitis, and dilatation of CBD stump and main pancreatic duct (MPD). During the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), cannulation proceeded easily from MPD to CBD through a variant pancreatic duct, and then white crushed stones extracted from the CBD stump. Elemental analysis and infrared spectrophotometry demonstrated that the main constituent of the calculi was calcium carbonate. After a therapeutic ERCP, the patient's symptoms disappeared, and a 9-month follow-up indicated no remaining stones or lithiasis relapse. This type of choledocholithiasis in CBD stump after RYHJ has never been reported before. We nominated it as "pancreatogenic choledocholithiasis," and pancreatobiliary reflux caused by a variant pancreatic duct may be the main cause.