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Case Reports
. 2012 Mar 8:2012:bcr1220115340.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5340.

Unusual cause of cholangitis and diarrhoea after cholecystectomy

Venkata Lekharaju  1 , Javaid Iqbal, Omar Noorullah, Richard Sturgess
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Case Reports

Unusual cause of cholangitis and diarrhoea after cholecystectomy

Venkata Lekharaju et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests None.

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Figure 1
Axial CT image.
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Figure 2
Image at percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram.
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Figure 3
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram demonstrating flow of contrast into the right colon (arrow) with complete obstruction at the biliary hilum.
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