Edamame (green soy beans) biliary stones

Edamame (green soy beans) biliary stones.

To cite: Iriyama H, Kato M, Nogami M, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014207677 DESCRIPTION We present the case of an 89-year-old tiny woman who presented with a 2-day history of fever. Her medical history included gallbladder stones, hypertension, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and dementia. Vital signs showed an elevated temperature o...

Management of stones in the biliary tree

Bile Peritonitis following Surgery for Biliary Stones

Surgery for gallstone disease is becoming common because of increased prevalence and due to universal applicability of diagnostic investigations like ultrasound and its extensive use which was not available in past. Surgical methods like open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy are safe and complications arising out of such procedures have become uncommon due to increased awareness and expertise a...

Management of stones in the biliary tree.

Stones in the biliary tree may coexist with gall-bladder stones, may be found only in the common duct (in the absence of gall-bladder stones) or, more rarely, may be present in the intrahepatic biliary tree-as in the Caroli syndrome.1 One of the most frequent causes of choledocholithiasis, however, is the retained common duct stone which has been left behind inadvertently after elective or emer...

Management of stones in the biliary tree