Nasobiliary drainage of pyogenic hepatic abscess (case report)
P Orosz, J Sümegi, I Tóth · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2008 · Heft 05
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Background: Hepatic abscesses with biliary communication show a significantly lower cure rate after percutaneous drainage than noncommunicating abscesses. In case of communicating abscess endoscopic internal drainage is a treatment of choice. Patient and method: A 76-year old diabetic woman was referred with chills, fever, pain in right upper abdomen and obstructive jaundice. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) showed a common bile duct stone with dilated biliary tract and a fluid collection in the right hepatic lobe. After endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) a large amount of pus flew out of the…