Login / Signup

Two distinct episodes of life-threatening hemobilia due to a lesion of common bile duct and delayed intrapancreatic arteriobiliary fistula managed by emergency pancreatoduodenal resection.

Georgi PopivanovNicola VladovDimitar PenchevMarina KonaktchievaBoriana IlchevaRadoslav KostadinovVladimir NikolovDaniel StefanovVentsislav Mutafchiyski
Published in: Folia medica (2022)
Hemobilia is an extremely rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. It often has intermittent manifestation, which may lead to significant diagnostic delay. In 65% of the cases, the causes are iatrogenic, in 7% the cause is malignancy, in 5% - gallstones, in 8% it is inflammation (cholecystitis, parasites, reflux cholangitis), vascular abnormality is the cause in 7% (most commonly pseudoaneurysm of the hepatic artery), and pancreatic pseudocyst causes hemobilia in 1%. In almost all cases, the bleeding originates from intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts, and rarely from the pancreas.
Keyphrases
  • oxidative stress
  • emergency department
  • public health
  • atrial fibrillation
  • ulcerative colitis