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Duodenal diverticulum causing obstructive jaundice – Lemmel’s syndrome

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.7516/2020

Branko Bakula, Ivan Romic, Marko Sever, Zeljka Belosic Halle,

Abstract
The duodenum is the second most common location of intestinal diverticula. Periampullary duodenal diverticulum rarely causes obstructive jaundice and this condition was first described by German surgeon Gerhard Lemmel in 1934. Lemmel’s syndrome is defined as obstructive jaundice due to a periampullary duodenal diverticulum in the absence of choledocholithiasis or a neoplasm.
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Publication history

Received: 10/09/2020

Accepted: 08/11/2020

Online First: 29/12/2020

Published: 10/05/2021

Article revision time: 22 days

Article Online First time: 110 days

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