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Lemmel's syndrome as a rare cause of obstructive jaundice

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 36; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.clinre.2012.05.002

2210-741X

Jérémy Rouet, Sébastien Gaujoux, Maxime Ronot, Maxime Palazzo, François Cauchy, Valérie Vilgrain, Jacques Belghiti, Dermot O’Toole, Alain Sauvanet,

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments

Obstructive jaundice is a frequent symptom most frequently resulting from choledocolithiasis or pancreatico-biliary and periampullary tumors. If duodenal diverticula are frequently asymptomatic, they can occasionally present with obstructive jaundice in the absence of lithiasis or another obstructing lesion such as a tumor in a presentation called Lemmel's syndrome. We herein present a 70-year-old male with obstructive jaundice secondary to a periampullary duodenal diverticulum associated with hepatic abscess. Endoscopic sphincterotomy associated with percutaneous abscess drainage released patient from all symptoms. Lemmel's syndrome as a rare cause of obstructive jaundice should be known in order to avoid mismanagement and therapeutic delay.