Bile leak after transjugular liver biopsy in a cholecystectomy patient.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB) is a minimally invasive procedure performed to obtain hepatic tissue in patients whom standard percutaneous liver biopsy is contraindicated due to abnormal coagulation profile and/or severe ascites. Additionally, it has the advantage of simultaneously measuring the hepatic venous pressures.

Case presentation

61-year-old male with history of pulmonary fibrosis, cholecystectomy and Hepatitis C underwent transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB) as part of his lung transplant workup. Shortly after the procedure, the patient developed sharp right upper abdominal pain. Immediate CT of the abdomen and pelvis showed small foci of contrast and gas in the gallbladder fossa and porta hepatis indicating hepatic capsular penetration without perihepat

SUBMITTER: Alharthi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6140423 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature