Lemmel syndrome: presentation of a Case

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Background: the duodenum corresponds to the second location where the gastrointestinal diverticula are most frequently presented after the colon. Lemmel's syndrome, also known as intermittent obstructive jaundice, presence of duodenal diverticula near the papilla of Vater could favor the development of pancreatic biliary diseases.
Objective: to present the case of an older adult with jaundice in mucosa and intermittent skin associated with febrile episodes not quantified and pain in the right hypochondrium.
Case report: a 67-year-old female patient with an obstructive jaundice syndrome, without the presence of choledocholithiasis or other alteration of the biliary tree other than the presence of a duodenal diverticulum. For this symptomatology is referred to Gastroenterology consultation.
Conclusions: Lemmel's syndrome is a rare pathology that must be taken into account as a cause of obstructive jaundice.

DeCS: JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE/diagnosis; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE /pathology; DIVERTICULUM, STOMACH; AMPULLA OF VATER; CASE REPORTS.

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2020-05-08

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Chiong-Quesada M, Rabassa-Pérez R, Rojas-Peláez Y, Barreto-Suárez E. Lemmel syndrome: presentation of a Case. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2020 May 8 [cited 2025 Aug. 30];24(3):434-42. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6798

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Vol. 24 No. 3 (2020)

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