Intrahepatic perforation of the gall bladder presenting as liver abscess: Case report, review of literature and Niemeier's classification

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-244

  Kochar, Kunal ^a,b   Vallance, Kevin ^a   Mathew, George ^a   Jadhav, Vijay ^a  

^a GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Cholecystohepatic communication; Gall bladder perforation; Intrahepatic perforation; Liver abscess; Niemeier's classification; Percutaneous aspiration

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39849096553     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282eeb520     Document Type: Article

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