Chronic cough due to bronchobiliary fistula.
Bronchobiliary fistula is a rare cause of chronic cough. Here we describe a 70-year-old woman complaining of chronic cough and copious dark-yellow watery sputum. The presence of air in the biliary tract in the lower cuts of a computerized tomography scan of the chest and positive bile in the sputum led to the suspicion of bronchobiliary fistula. The diagnosis was confirmed by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. Drainage of the intrahepatic biliary tract resulted in complete resolution of her symptoms.
Al-Mezem
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Department of Internal Medicine, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Jahdali
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D000368:Aged; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography