Bronchobiliary fistula: complete percutaneous treatment with biliary drainage and stricture dilation.
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography was performed on an 18-year-old man who presented with jaundice and cholangitis 19 months after right hepatic lobe resection. The cholangiogram demonstrated a bronchobiliary fistula and a stricture of the common hepatic duct. Percutaneous therapy consisting of biliary drainage and balloon dilation cholangioplasty was successful in eradicating the fistula and reestablishing normal bile flow.
Schwartz
M L
ML
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Medicine 35233.
Coyle
M J
MJ
Aldrete
J S
JS
Keller
F S
FS
D000328:Adult; D001646:Bile; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002758:Cholangiography; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D004106:Dilatation; D004322:Drainage; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male