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April 16, 2026Internal Medicine0 citationsOpen Access

Migrated Cholecystectomy Clip in a Case with Common Bile Duct Stones

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TSTakahiro ShinHKHiromune KatsudaDBDaisuke Ban Daisuke Ban

Key Points

  • To investigate the cause of obstructive jaundice in a patient post-cholecystectomy.
  • Case report of a 70-year-old woman with obstructive jaundice after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
  • Computed tomography used to identify the presence of a common bile duct stone.
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) utilized for further assessment.
  • Obstructive jaundice attributed to a common bile duct stone.
  • High-density core on CT scan suggested a migrated metallic surgical clip.

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman was admitted with obstructive jaundice 18 months after undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Lap-C).Computed tomography revealed a common bile duct (CBD) stone with a high-density core, thus raising suspicion of a migrated metallic surgical clip (Picture A).Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

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Shin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e07bc12f7e8953b7cbd6fdhttps://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.7160-26
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