Acute pancreatitis with hemobilia following percutaneous liver biopsy

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2002 Mar-Apr;21(2):81-2.

Abstract

Hemobilia following liver biopsy is rare and acute pancreatitis associated with hemobilia in such a situation is rarer. We report a 55-year-old man with ulcerative colitis and hepatitis C-positive liver disease who developed acute pancreatitis following liver biopsy. Surgical removal of blood clots from the biliary tree led to recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Biopsy / adverse effects*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
  • Hemobilia / complications
  • Hemobilia / etiology*
  • Hepatitis C / complications
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / etiology*