Chronic bile peritonitis with progressive bile ascites: a complication of percutaneous biliary drainage.
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage procedures are associated with a small but definite incidence of complications. One of the most feared complications, leakage of bile, is commonly presumed to be a catastrophic clinical event. We present an unusual case in which a patient manifested only minimal abdominal symptoms associated with a massive biliary ascites. The bile leakage was first detected by diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid (DISIDA) scanning.
D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D001646:Bile; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging