title: [A case of acute cholecystitis secondary to hemobilia after percutaneous liver biopsy].
abstract: Percutaneous liver biopsy is well established for the diagnosis and follow-up of many liver diseases. Although it is rather safe, major complications, such as bleeding into the peritoneal or thoracic cavity, hemobilia, enteric perforation and intrahepatic hematoma, have been reported related to the procedure. Recently, incidence of such major complications has been decreased since the introduction of ultrasonography-guided liver biopsy. We report a case of 59-year-old female patient with acute cholecystitis secondary to hemobilia 2 days after ultrasonography-guided percutaneous liver biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Guri, Korea.
authors.forename: Won
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Joo Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Myung Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Chang Hee
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Yong Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jong Pyo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yong Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Joon Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Dong Hoo
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Choon Suhk
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kee
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional