title: [Therapeutic arterial embolization in hemobilia. Apropos of 3 cases].
abstract: Three patients with bleeding into the bile ducts were explored by angiography. Two of them (severe post-operative bleeding and following needle-biopsy of the liver) were completely cured by highly selective arterial embolus production. No definite diagnosis was established in the third case (liver angioma with large artero-portal fistula). It can be seen from these observations, that angiography is essential in patients with bleeding into the bile ducts. The reason is not to establish the diagnosis but to find the precise location of the lesion and, under certain conditions, to apply radical treatment by highly selective arterial embolus production.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013382:Subtraction Technique
vernacular_title: L'embolisation artérielle thérapeutique au cours des hémobilies. A propos de 3 cas.