Spontaneous common bile ducts cyst.

Spontaneous perforation of the common bile duct mimicking choledochal cyst.

Patient Description A 1 month old male was admitted be‐ cause of abdominal distension and pain that had gradually worsened over the preceding 2 weeks. On examination, the upper abdomen was moderately distended and tender, with suspicion of a mass on palpation. The stool was yellow‐green in color. The rest of the examination was normal. His white blood count was 19,700, total bilirubin 1.5 mg/dl...

Dilated common bile ducts in ketamine abusers.

To the Editor—We read with interest Wong et al’s paper on dilated common bile ducts (CBDs) mimicking choledochal cysts in ketamine abusers.1 On reviewing our database of ketamine abusers from July 2005 to June 2008, we found two similar patients who had episodes of recurrent epigastric pain and were subsequently found to have CBD. The first patient was a 30-year-old man who abused ketamine sinc...

Spontaneous perforation of the extrahepatic bile ducts in an infant.

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Dilated common bile ducts mimicking choledochal cysts in ketamine abusers.

Substance abuse is a major health and social problem among Hong Kong youth and ketamine is the drug most commonly abused. Ketamine abuse is associated with a series of side-effects that include hallucination, nausea, vomiting, elevation of blood pressure, and urinary bladder dysfunction. Here we report three cases of ketamine abuse in which the abusers presented with recurrent epigastric pain a...

No treatment for asymptomatic common bile ducts stones?