title: Fulminant sepsis after liver biopsy: A long forgotten complication?
abstract: We report on a 74-year-old patient with recurrent cholangitis and a large juxtapapillary duodenal diverticulum. Despite drainage of the common bile duct by an endoscopically placed stent, the elevated liver enzymes normalized only partially. To rule out other possible causes of liver injury, a percutaneous liver biopsy was done. After the liver biopsy the patient developed fulminant septic shock and died within 24 h. We discuss the possible causes of the septic shock following percutaneous liver biopsy in our patient and give a concise overview of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Corinna Claudi, Martin Henschel, Michael Schepke, Erwin Biecker, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, HELIOS Klinikum Siegburg, 53129 Siegburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Claudi
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henschel
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schepke
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Biecker
keywords: Cholangitis; Liver biopsy; Septic shock