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Benign Pancreatic and Biliary Disease P M
Benign Pancreatic and Biliary Disease P M
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Mr H. Simpson
40 year old male
Fit and well
‘’Turned yellow’’
In pain
Types of jaundice
Types of jaundice
Obstructive jaundice
Management
Admit under the
surgeons
Diagnosis
obstructive jaundice
? Cause
Further Ix needed
Obstructive jaundice
Vs.
Ascending cholangitis
Pyogenic infection of the biliary tree
→ CBD obstruction 2o to stones – strictures
Presentation
Deranged WBC and LFTs – usually raised bilirubin
USS will often demonstrate biliary obstruction
CT scan
Biliary obstruction in 78% of patients
Management
NBM
IVI
IV ABx
Emergency decompression
ERCP
Emergency laparotomy
Ascending cholangitis