Pleurobiliary fistula, a rare complication of hepatocellular carcinoma after locoregional chemotherapy: A case report

Abstract

A rare complication of the compilation of high intrahepatic biliary pressure and the formation of a subdiaphragmatic abscess is that of pleurobiliary fistula. We present a case of 67-year-old male who presented with pleurobiliary fistula following transarterial chemoembolization in a patient with a large hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as the course of the diagnostic procedures and the therapeutics interventions which took place. © 2009 Delis et al; licensee Cases Network Ltd.