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Case Reports
. 2020;88(Suppl 2):60-65.
doi: 10.24875/CIRU.20000332.

Ictericia obstructiva intermitente o síndrome de Lemmel: reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura

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Ictericia obstructiva intermitente o síndrome de Lemmel: reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura

Ediel O Dávila-Ruiz et al. Cir Cir. 2020.
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Abstract

Se presenta el caso de una paciente de 68 años con un cuadro de colangitis recurrente y presencia de divertículo duodenal que comprime la vía biliar. El síndrome de Lemmel es una afección infrecuente en la literatura, debido a que los divertículos duodenales rara vez presentan síntomas (10%) y en general se diagnostican de manera incidental. El 75% de estos divertículos son periampulares. Si se localizan a 2.5 cm del ámpula de Vater son yuxtapapilares. Solo el 1% presentan complicaciones. Debe ser considerado en caso de ictericia intermitente y colangitis, y tenerlo en cuenta como diagnóstico diferencial de pseudoquistes, tumor de cabeza de páncreas o metástasis.

We present the case of a 68-year-old patient with recurrent cholangitis and the presence of a duodenal diverticulum that compresses the bile duct. Lemmel syndrome is a rare entity reported in the literature, because duodenal diverticula rarely have symptoms (10%) and are usually diagnosed incidentally, 75% of these diverticula are periampullary, if they are located within 2.5 cm from the Vater ampule are juxtapapillary. Only 1% present complications. It should be considered in case of intermittent jaundice, cholangitis, as a differential diagnosis of psuedocysts, pancreatic head tumor or metastases.

Keywords: Acute cholangitis; Colangitis aguda; Diverticulum; Divertículo; Divertículo duodenal periampular; Divertículo yuxtapapilar; Duodeno; Duodenum; Juxtapapillary diverticula; Lemmel syndrome; Periampullary duodenal diverticulum; Síndrome de Lemmel.

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