Bile emboli: a complication of PTD.
Bile emboli in the kidneys and lungs were present at autopsy in a patient who had undergone percutaneous trans-hepatic drainage for pancreatic carcinoma obstructing the common bile duct. The patient also developed hemobilia and bile peritonitis.
D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D001646:Bile; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*