Pancreatitis and haemobilia due to arterioportal fistula after percutaneous liver biopsy resolved by selective arterial embolization

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 727-730

  Gómez Valero, José Antonio ^a   Sardi, José ^a   Vilaseca, Jaume ^a   Lafuente, Mercedes Pérez ^a   Malagelada, Juan R ^a  

^a Hospital General Universitario Vall d Hebron   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Angiography; Arterial embolization; Arterioportal fistula; Haemobilia; Keywords; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOBILIA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PORTAL VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034971108     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200106000-00019     Document Type: Article

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