Painless jaundice: remember alcohol and smoking habits for the diagnosis

Gastroenterology. 2009 Oct;137(4):e3-4. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.008. Epub 2009 Aug 29.

Authors

Raffaele Pezzilli¹, Giulio Cariani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 19720276
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects*
Ampulla of Vater / pathology*
Ampulla of Vater / surgery
Biopsy
Calculi / complications
Calculi / diagnosis*
Calculi / surgery
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangitis / etiology*
Cholangitis / pathology
Cholangitis / surgery
Humans
Jaundice / etiology*
Jaundice / pathology
Jaundice / surgery
Male
Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / complications
Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / diagnosis*
Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / surgery
Risk Factors
Smoking / adverse effects*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed