Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2005; 11(19): 3008-3009
Published online May 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i19.3008
The right hepatic artery syndrome
Kazumi Miyashita, Katsuya Shiraki, Takeshi Ito, Hiroki Taoka, Takeshi Nakano
Kazumi Miyashita, Katsuya Shiraki, Takeshi Ito, Takeshi Nakano, First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
Hiroki Taoka, First Department of Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Katsuya Shiraki, MD, PhD, First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. katsuyas@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
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Received: June 29, 2004
Revised: June 30, 2004
Accepted: August 12, 2004
Published online: May 21, 2005
Abstract

Various benign and malignant conditions could cause biliary obstruction. Compression of extrahepatic bile duct (EBD) by right hepatic artery was reported as a right hepatic artery syndrome but all cases were compressed EBD from stomach side. Our case compressed from dorsum was not yet reported, so it was thought to be a very rare case. We present here the first case of bile duct obstruction due to the compression of EBD from dorsum by right hepatic artery.

Keywords: Right hepatic artery syndrome; Obstructive jaundice; Extrahepatic bile duct; Right hepatic artery; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography; Cholangioen-terostomy