title: Bilothorax as a complication of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage.
abstract: We report two cases of bilothorax that occurred as a complication of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage. In an 86-year-old woman who had undergone percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice, bilothorax occurred after accidental removal of the tube. She recovered with chest drainage only. An 83-year-old man who had undergone percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for cholecystitis developed bilothorax with infection. He recovered with thoracoscopic curettage. Although bilothorax is a rare complication of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, appropriate diagnosis and prompt treatment is important, especially when bilothorax is accompanied by infection.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chigasaki Municipal Hospital, Japan sanoa-tky@umin.ac.jp.
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Sano
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chigasaki Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors: Takuma
authors: T
authors: Yotsumoto
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003475:Curettage / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bile; Biliary fistula; Empyema; Intraoperative complications; Pleural diseases; Pleural effusion