Location
Hepatopancreatic ampulla
Presentation
Presentation
Centralized
Back Pain
OR Epigastric pain
Abdominal Pain
Worsened by
Alcohol (RF)
or Food
Alleviated by leaning forward
+/-
N/V - Nausea/vomitting
Abdominal distension
Jaundice
(if the stone is stuck in the distal CBD)
Investigation
Obstruction:
US →
MRCP
Pancreatitis:
Lipase
(can order Amylase, but don’t do both)
Treatment
Obstruction:
ERCP
Pancreatitis
Treatment