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CASE REPORT
Year : 2013  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 63-65

Empyema: A rare complication of biloma


1 Consultant, SICU, Hamad Medical Corporation, Weil Connell Medical College, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
2 Consultant, Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

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Nissar Shaikh
Department Anesthesia/ICU, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha
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DOI: 10.4103/2278-9596.117135

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become the standard treatment for symptomatic cholelithiasis. Bile duct injury remains worrisome complication. We report a case of post-LC biloma causing empyema, respiratory distress and sepsis that was managed successfully. A 44-year-old male had bile leak post-LC. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed common bile duct (CBD) injury. CBD stenting was done. 2 days later he developed severe sepsis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae biloma and empyema. Both were drained by computerized tomographic scan guided pigtail catheter. Empyema required further video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Bile leak following LC may progress to biloma and K. pneumoniae empyema with sepsis. Minimal invasive surgical procedure is a helpful and effective treatment.


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