Assessment of Clinical Profile of Patients with Obstructive Jaundice
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Early detection of obstructive jaundice etiology can help clinicians to treat accurately and thus will improve quality of life of patient and particularly the survival rates among the patients with malign pathology. Hence, present study was undertaken to diagnose the cause, site of obstruction, and other clinical features of obstructive jaundice among patients reporting at A. J. Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore. Material and methods: The present study was conducted among forty six patients suffering from obstructive jaundice of all age groups. All the patients in the study underwent ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatogram (MRCP). Related parameters were studied and the results so obtained was expressed as percentages and variables as required. Results: The patients affected with obstructive jaundice were over the age of 50 years. Common bile duct were dilated in 28 % of cases and narrowed in 11 % cases. Pancreatic duct was dilated in 28 % of cases and in 72 % cases was neither dilated nor narrowed. 22 % were malignant lesions and pancreatitis (22%) was the most common cause followed by cholangiocarcinoma (20%) choledocholithiasis (13%), CBD Stricture inflammatory (11%) and CBD Stricture malignant (11%) of obstructive jaundice. Conclusion: Obstructive jaundice was prevalent more in males than in females in the study population with patients over the age of 50 years. The pancreatitis was the most common cause followed by cholangiocarcinoma and choledocholithiasis.
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Judy Mary Kurian, Praveen Kumar John, Ganesh K, Prasad Hegde, Chidananda Murthy5 Murthy, Arun Kumar
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