title: Acute cholecystitis secondary to hemobilia.
abstract: Invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques such as percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy have led to a rise in hemobilia. Most complications from hemobilia are attributable to acute blood loss; other complications are secondary to thrombus formation in the biliary tree. We present a case report of acute cholecystitis secondary to hemobilia after percutaneous liver biopsy. The role of ERCP in the diagnosis and treatment of this exceedingly rare event is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California-Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento 95817-2214, USA. steven.lee@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Caruso
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans