During endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) the biliary tree was swept with a trapezoid basket starting at the bifurcation.Sludge was swept from the duct.All stones were removed.While closing the trapezoid basket to crush the stones, a give away was felt.Under fluoroscopy the metallic cap of the trapezoid basket was noted to be in the bile duct, as the balloon was reinserted to remove the fragment, it was noted to migrate upstream and into a branch of a left intrahepatic duct.Multiple attempts to selectively cannulate the left intrahepatic duct failed.
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