A case of hepatocolic fistula after percutaneous drainage for a gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess.
We describe a rare case of gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess which penetrated the adjacent colon, forming a hepatocolic fistula, after percutaneous transhepatic abscess drainage (PTAD) had been performed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of hepatocolic fistula associated with a gas-forming liver abscess in a diabetic patient, with radiological and surgical confirmation of the fistula.
Satoh
H
H
First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Matsuyama
S
S
Mashima
H
H
Imoto
A
A
Hidaka
K
K
Hisatsugu
T
T
D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D005740:Gases