in this report , a 24-year-old patient is described who had biliary obstruction due to a portal cavernoma compressing the common bile duct and in whom surgical decompression of the portal system resulted in relief of the biliary obstruction , thus proving that the dilated portal vein collaterals were compressing the biliary tract and producing jaundice .
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common bile duct
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biliary tract