Angiographic control of traumatic haemobilia by selective arterial embolization.
Traumatic haemobilia was diagnosed and treated successfully by selective arterial catheterization and embolization with Gelfoam particles, thus avoiding the hazards of surgical intervention, in a 16-year-old boy with tuberculous peritonitis. No ill effects to the liver parenchyma were noticed as evidenced by liver function tests and liver scan.
D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D001646:Bile; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D001769:Blood; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male