title: Pleurobiliary fistula, a rare complication of hepatocellular carcinoma after locoregional chemotherapy: a case report.
abstract: A rare complication of the compilation of high intrahepatic biliary pressure and the formation of a subdiaphragmatic abscess is that of pleurobiliary fistula. We present a case of 67-year-old male who presented with pleurobiliary fistula following transarterial chemoembolization in a patient with a large hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as the course of the diagnostic procedures and the therapeutics interventions which took place.
authors.affiliation: Liver Surgical Unit and 2Department of Gastroenterology, Agia Olga Hospital, Agias Olgas 3-5, 142 33, Athens, Greece. sgdelis55@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Spiros G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Delis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karakaxas
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakoyiannis
authors.forename: Konstantina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paraskeva
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dervenis