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  11. Lemmel's Syndrome: Lesson Based On A Case Report

Lemmel's Syndrome: Lesson Based on a Case Report

Renato Farina1, Pietro Valerio Foti1, Adriana Ilardi1

  • 1Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Lemmel's syndrome, a rare bile duct disease, involves nonobstructive jaundice caused by periampullary duodenal diverticula. Surgical removal of these diverticula is the recommended treatment to prevent complications.

Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Hepatology
  • Biliary Medicine

Background:

  • Lemmel's syndrome is a rare condition characterized by bile duct disease.
  • It stems from periampullary duodenal diverticula located near the Vater papilla.

Observation:

  • This syndrome typically presents as nonobstructive jaundice.
  • Duodenal diverticula can cause biliary tract obstruction through extrinsic compression, leading to complications like lithiasis and cholangitis.

Findings:

  • Diagnosis is challenging, requiring correlation of recurrent biliary symptoms with duodenal diverticula compression.
  • Imaging studies reveal bile duct dilation without stones or pancreatic duct dilation, compressed by medial duodenal diverticula.

Implications:

Keywords:
Biliary ductsLemmel’s syndromecomputed tomographyduodenum diverticula

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