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  • Title: Biliary-pleural fistulas without biliary obstruction: percutaneous catheter management.
    Author: Feld R, Wechsler RJ, Bonn J.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 1997 Aug; 169(2):381-3. PubMed ID: 9242739.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to report the use of percutaneous catheter drainage as a therapeutic option in the management of three patients with biliary-pleural fistulas without biliary obstructions. CONCLUSION: In the proper clinical setting, the CT findings of liver dome laceration or abscess, diaphragm disruption, and pleural effusion should suggest biliary-pleural fistula. Percutaneous catheter management can be curative or serve a temporizing function before surgery.
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