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A CASE OF FATAL BILE PERITONITIS FOLLOWING LIVER NEEDLE BIOPSY

1952; American College of Physicians; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-166

1539-3704

Albert I. Rubenstone, Sheldon S. Mintz, D R MERANZE,

Abdominal Trauma and Injuries

Case Reports1 January 1952A CASE OF FATAL BILE PERITONITIS FOLLOWING LIVER NEEDLE BIOPSYALBERT I. RUBENSTONE, M.D., SOLOMON S. MINTZ, M.D., DAVID R. MERANZE, M.D.ALBERT I. RUBENSTONE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SOLOMON S. MINTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID R. MERANZE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-166 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is the purpose of this paper to present a case of fulminating bile peritonitis and death following liver needle biopsy and to point out the hazard of this procedure in cases of obstructive jaundice.No case of death due to bile peritonitis following liver needle biopsy has as yet been reported. Several authors list this danger as a theoretical possibility (Roholm, Krarup and Iversen,1Hoffbauer2). The former believe that in two instances of liver needle biopsy they aspirated pure bile from either a large dilated bile duct or from the gall-bladder. Since the first use of liver needle biopsy...Bibliography1. RoholmKrarupIversen HNP: Aspiration-biopsie der Leber mit einer Uebersicht über die Ergebnisse bei 297 Biopsien, Ergebn. d. inn. Med. u. Kinderh. 61: 635, 1942. Google Scholar2. Hoffbauer FW: Needle biopsy of the liver, J. A. M. A. 134: 666, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Lucatello L: Sulla puncture de figato a scopo diagnostico, Lavori del Congressi di medicina interna, Rome, 1895. Google Scholar4. Klofer W: Die Leberpunktion als brauchbare und wertvolle klinische Untersuchungsmethode, Klin. med. 138: 774, 1940. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication February 22, 1950.From the Laboratories of The Mount Sinai Hospital of Philadelphia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCase Series: Biliary Leak After Transjugular Liver BiopsyInjuries of the gall-bladderBile leakage as a complication of liver biopsy in liver transplantsBile peritonitisNeedle Biopsy of the LiverNeedle Biopsy of the Liver 1 January 1952Volume 36, Issue 1Page: 166-168KeywordsBileBile ductsBiopsyLiverPeritonitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...