Haemobilia causing acute pancreatitis after percutaneous liver biopsy: diagnosis by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has received much attention as a non-invasive alternative to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, primarily for investigation of choledocholithiasis, but also for evaluation of less common biliary anomalies. We present a case of haemobilia causing acute pancreatitis after percutaneous liver biopsy in which the diagnosis could be made clearly by MRCP, thus avoiding endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and sphincterotomy.
Asselah
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Service d'Hépatologie, INSERM U 481 and Centre de recherché Claude Bernard sur les Hépatites Virales, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France. tarik.asselah@mailserve.ap-hop-paris.fr
Condat
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B
Sibert
A
A
Rivet
P
P
Lebray
P
P
Bernuau
J
J
Benhamou
J P
JP
Erlinger
S
S
Marcellin
P
P
Valla
D
D
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002758:Cholangiography / Q000379:methods*; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*