[Tomato peel: rare cause of biliary tract obstruction]

Orv Hetil. 2011 Nov 20;152(47):1907-10. doi: 10.1556/OH.2011.29254.
[Article in Hungarian]

Abstract

Foreign bodies in the biliary tree are rare causes of obstructive jaundice. Food bezoars are infrequent as well. They can cause biliary obstruction after biliary tract interventions, or in the presence of biliary-bowel fistula or duodenum diverticulum. Food bezoars usually pass the gastrointestinal tract without any symptoms, but they can cause abdominal pain and obstructive jaundice in the case of biliary tract obstruction. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography has the major role in the diagnosis and the treatment of the disease. Authors summarize the medical history of a 91-year-old female patient, who developed vomiting and right subcostal pain due to the presence of tomato peel within the ductus choledochus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bezoars / complications
  • Bezoars / diagnosis*
  • Bezoars / etiology
  • Bezoars / surgery
  • Bile Duct Diseases / complications
  • Bile Duct Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Bile Duct Diseases / etiology*
  • Bile Duct Diseases / surgery
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Duodenal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Duodenal Diseases / etiology
  • Duodenal Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Fistula / etiology
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery
  • Solanum lycopersicum* / adverse effects
  • Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
  • Vomiting / etiology