Dilated common bile ducts mimicking choledochal cysts in ketamine abusers

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-56

  Wong, S W ^a   Lee, K F ^a   Wong, John ^a   Ng, Wilson W C ^a   Cheung, Y S ^a   Lai, Paul B S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Choledochal cyst; Common bile duct diseases; Dilatation, pathologic; Ketamine; Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CHOLEDOCHAL CYST; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849144805     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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