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Duodenal obstruction in six patients was related to biliary tract disease and previous abdominal surgery. Causes of obstruction were adhesions to the inflamed gallbladder, adhesions to the gallbladder bed after cholecystectomy, intramural hematoma after transduodenal exploration of the common bile duct and severe pancreatitis after common bile duct exploration. Measures that may possibly prevent duodenal obstruction include early recognition and treatment of cholelithiasis, positioning of omentum between duodenum and gallbladder bed after cholecystectomy, avoidance of transduodenal exploration where possible and careful duodenal closure if necessary, avoidance of forceful dilation during common bile duct exploration, and a decrease in the number of negative explorations by increased use of cystic duct cholangiography
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PMID:Duodenal obstruction related to benign biliary tract disease. 114 61

Over the past 10 years, one of us (M.C.A.) has treated 92 patients who required operation for symptoms associated with alcohol-induced chronic fibrocalcific pancreatitis. Four of these patients had duodenal obstruction. All four had had lateral pancreaticojejunostomy to relieve pancreatic ductal obstruction and associated chronic abdominal pain; three of the four also required biliary diversion for stenosis of the intrapancreatic portion of the common bile duct. Each duodenal stricture required reoperation and gastrojejunostomy to bypass the site of obstruction. A review of the English language literature revealed that duodenal obstruction in patients with chronic fibrocalcific pancreatitis is uncommon, only 58 previous cases having been reported. All of those patients had pancreatic ductal obstruction, and more than half had concomitant distal biliary stenosis. Two thirds of the duodenal obstructions were treated by gastroenterostomy, and one third were resected. Duodenal obstruction in patients with chronic pancreatitis and biliary stricture appears to reflect an advanced form of the disease. Combined lateral pancreaticojejunostomy and biliary diversion has emerged as the preferred surgical procedure for this problem. Careful preoperative assessment for evidence of duodenal stenosis also is needed in this group of patients, and gastroenterostomy is indicated in appropriate cases.
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PMID:Duodenal stricture: a complication of chronic fibrocalcific pancreatitis. 200 May 20

A patient with obstructive jaundice due to carcinoma of the pancreas head showed painless vomiting from the supra-papillary duodenal obstruction. Computed tomography demonstrated a space-occupying lesion in the head of the pancreas, which was not so large as to make an obstruction of the proximal portion of the duodenum. Pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy was performed and the surgical specimen showed that the duodenal obstruction was caused by a swollen annular pancreas associated with obstructive pancreatitis by the carcinoma of the pancreas head. Duodenal obstruction is a rare symptom of annular pancreas in adults. It is thought to be necessary to remind of the coexistence of the annular pancreas, when patients with pancreatic or periampullary malignancies are complicated with unexpected obstruction of the second portion of the duodenum in proportion to the size.
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PMID:Duodenal obstruction due to annular pancreas associated with pancreatic head carcinoma. 884 13

Bile duct cyst is a biliary tract disease that is less common among adults compared to children, and it is accepted to have a congenital entity. The classical findings constitute a triad including abdominal pain, jaundice and abdominal mass. However, infective findings also occur in case of developed cholangitis, pancreatitis and cholecystitis. Duodenal obstruction leads to a rarely seen case in patients accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and it may easily be confused with other obstruction causes. We present a case report of an adult male patient with complaints of abdominal pain, and intermittent nausea and vomiting. Due to failure of attempted endoscopic approach for treatment, we performed transduodenal cyst excision during surgical procedure on the patient diagnosed to have type III biliary tract cyst. The complaints of the patient decreased significantly after the surgical therapy compared to the previous period and no complication was observed.
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PMID:An adult choledochocele case presented with gastric outlet obstruction: a rare presentation. 1683 Feb 83