Management of Biliopleural Fistula after Transarterial Chemoembolization of a Liver Lesion

Butt, Amir Shahzad; Mujtaba, Ghulam; Anand, Sury; Krishnaiah, Mahesh

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/790726

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Volume 24 | Article ID 790726 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/790726

Management of Biliopleural Fistula after Transarterial Chemoembolization of a Liver Lesion

Amir Shahzad Butt,¹Ghulam Mujtaba,¹Sury Anand,¹and Mahesh Krishnaiah¹

Received17 Jul 2009

Accepted19 Jul 2009

Abstract

A case of a biliopleural fistula with a biloma occurring after superselective hepatic transarterial chemoembolization ablation of a metastatic hepatic carcinoid is described. The presentation was complicated by choledocholithiasis. The biloma was successfully treated with endoscopic drainage.

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