Adenomyoma of the common bile duct

N. C. Legakis, A. P. Stamatiadis, C. Papadimitriou-Karapanou and N. S. Apostolidis
First Propaedeutic Surgical Department, Athens University Medical School, Greece.

Adenomyomas are rare pseudotumors of the extrahepatic biliary tract. Their microscopic appearance does not differ significantly from similar malformations of the peritoneal cavity. We describe a patient who presented with obstructive jaundice and who was treated successfully with a surgical resection and a hepaticojejunal anastomosis.