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. 1993;6(3):235–242. doi: 10.1155/1993/51546

Large Foreign Body as a Nidus for a Common Duct Stone in a Patient Without Spontaneous Biliary Enteric Fistula or Previous Abdominal Surgery

Francesco Cetta 1,, Francesco Lombardo 1, Stelio Rossi 2
PMCID: PMC2443053  PMID: 8489973

Abstract

We report a case of a brown pigment gallstone, which formed around a phytobezoar in the common bile duct, in a patient without spontaneous biliary enteric fistula or previous abdominal surgery. A brief comment on the possible origin of the phytobezoar in this case and on the pattern of deposition of brown material over a pre-existent nidus is also presented.

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