Huge extrahepatic gallstone on percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage tip-a pediatric case report.

ABSTRACT: Biliary strictures, which are common in the first year after pediatric liver transplantation, are diagnosed and managed with percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. In children undergoing percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, early cholangitis is the most common complication while typical catheter-related complications are obstruction, dislodgement, kinking, or fracture. This case report discusses the unique presentation and management of a 5-year-old girl with an incidental percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage-associated extrahepatic gallstone formation following treatment of biliary stricture after pediatric liver transplantation. It was effectively treated with percutaneous transhepatic lithotripsy. Although this is a rare but potentially harmful complication, in case of r

SUBMITTER: Odenthal AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11805759 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature