Causes of obstructive jaundice | Number of patients | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Benign causes | 48 | 41.4 |
Choledocholithiasis | 30 | 62.5 |
Biliary strictures | 12 | 25.0 |
Chronic pancreatitis | 3 | 6.3 |
Amoebic hepatic abscess | 1 | 2.1 |
Cause not identified | 4 | 8.3 |
Malignant causes | 68 | 58.6 |
Ca head pancreas | 44 | 64.7 |
Cholangiocarcinoma | 8 | 11.8 |
Ca gallbladder | 6 | 8.8 |
Peri-ampulary Ca | 6 | 8.8 |
Metastatic malignant lymph nodes in the portal hepatic | 4 | 5.9 |