[A case of acute cholecystitis secondary to hemobilia after percutaneous liver biopsy].
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.
Moon
Won
W
Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Guri, Korea.
Sohn
Joo Hyun
JH
Jang
Myung Hee
MH
Baek
Chang Hee
CH
Chung
Yong Woo
YW
Kim
Jong Pyo
JP
Han
Dong Soo
DS
Jeon
Yong Chul
YC
Hahm
Joon Soo
JS
Lee
Dong Hoo
DH
Kee
Choon Suhk
CS
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