Spontanabgang großer Steine aus dem Choledochus

Abstract
Spontaneous migration of bile-duct stones through the papilla into the intestine was directly observed in two patients with choledocholithiasis. The mechanism of such spontaneous migration lies in the development of a pressure necrosis at the papilla causing a tear in its pore. Spontaneous migration of stone from the common bile duct can be assumed when endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography reveals a balloon-shaped swollen papilla with a torn pore, and previously observed obstructive jaundice regresses in the presence of stone-free, though perhaps somewhat dilated, bile passages.

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