Emergency embolization in posttraumatic hemobilia in a child.
The authors report a case of hemobilia in a ten-year-old boy after abdominal trauma. An intrahepatic false aneurysm was successfully embolized during the diagnostic angiogram. This is, to their knowledge, the first pediatric case successfully embolized with posttraumatic hemobilia.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography