Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
2024 Jul;29(3):85-88. 10.15279/kpba.2024.29.3.85.
The Successful Treatment of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage Related Pleurobiliary Fistula via Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Drainage
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
- KMID: 2558162
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.15279/kpba.2024.29.3.85
Abstract
- The pleurobiliary fistula was not common but sometimes it could occur after percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage. This report describes the case of an 83-year-old Korean male diagnosed with a pleurobiliary fistula after percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage. The patient was treated with endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage under the guidance of the peroral cholangioscopy with SpyGlass DS system. It can decompress pressure within the gallbladder. Leakage from the gallbladder into the pleura was reduced. Finally, his condition got better and he recovered.
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