Obstructive Jaundice Due to Bullet in Hepatic Duct

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Abstract
THE presence of a foreign body in the extrahepatic biliary tract is extremely infrequent judging from the paucity of reports in the medical literature.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Having recently been confronted by the problem of obstructive jaundice developing several years after a wound, we believe that the case, together with its diagnostic and pathogenetic aspects, merits reporting. Previously reported cases are presented in Table 1.Case ReportJ.D., a 29-year-old man, was admitted to the hospital on December 2, 1953. During combat activity in 1944 he received several gunshot wounds of the right lateral and posterior aspects of the chest. Surgical operation was performed . . .