[Treatment of malignant bile duct obstruction with a metal stent. Case report]

N Rustemović; T Brkić; E Dumić; M Opacić; R Pulanić; B Vucelić; S Cuković-Cavka

[Treatment of malignant bile duct obstruction with a metal stent. Case report]

Lijec Vjesn. 1997 May-Jun;119(5-6):151-4.

[Article in Croatian]

Authors

N Rustemović¹, T Brkić, E Dumić, M Opacić, R Pulanić, B Vucelić, S Cuković-Cavka

Affiliation

¹ Zavod za gastroenterologiju, Klinika za unutarnje bolesti Rebro, KBC Zagreb.

PMID: 9379822

Abstract

In the case report we describe endoscopic implantation of endoprosthesis in the periampullar area in a 87 year old female patient with obstructive jaundice and cholangitis caused by pancreatic tumour. This is the first time that this procedure was successfully performed in Croatia.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cholestasis / etiology
Cholestasis / therapy*
Common Bile Duct*
Female
Humans
Metals
Palliative Care*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications*
Stents*

Substances

Metals