title: Bronchobiliary fistula complicating oriental cholangiohepatitis.
abstract: Bronchio biliary fistula in adults is a rare event defined by the passage of bile into the bronchus and the sputum (biloptysis).Typically these lesions occur in the congenital form, as a result of thoracoabdominal trauma, or in rare instances as a result of iatrogenic injury or long-standing biliary tract disease and obstruction. In this paper, we report a novel case of a fatal bronchobiliary fistula that developed in a 67-year-old Chinese male with Oriental cholangiohepatitis. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a bronchobiliary fistula complicating the clinical management of a patient with this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Howman
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Groeger
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blumgart