Percutaneous liver biopsy complicated by hemobilia-associated acute cholecystitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 4435-4436

  Edden, Yair ^a   St Hilaire, Hugo ^a   Benkov, Keith ^a   Harris, Michael T ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Hemobilia; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GALLBLADDER; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746892696     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i27.4435     Document Type: Article

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