Bile duct varices

R. Spira, W. C. Widrich, K. D. Keusch, B. T. Jackson, H. E. Katzman and A. A. Coello

The diagnosis of biliary duct varices and portal vein occlusion should be considered when nodular or notched defects in the wall of the biliary duct system are shown by cholangiography or when pedunculated vascular structures in the bile ducts are seen at surgery. We present two cases of common hepatic and common bile duct varices due to portal vein occlusion.