Pleurobiliary fistula, a rare complication of hepatocellular carcinoma after locoregional chemotherapy: a case report.
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.
Delis
Spiros G
SG
Liver Surgical Unit and 2Department of Gastroenterology, Agia Olga Hospital, Agias Olgas 3-5, 142 33, Athens, Greece. sgdelis55@yahoo.gr
Karakaxas
Dimitrios
D
Bakoyiannis
Andreas
A
Paraskeva
Konstantina
K
Dervenis
Christos
C