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Over a 12-month period we evaluated, using computed tomography, 11 patients suspected of having developed complications of biliary interventional procedures. CT scans revealed 3 hepatic abscesses, 3 intrahepatic or subcapsular hematomas, 3 bilomas, of which 2 were infected, 1 pancreatic abscess, and 1 case of extension of tumor along a biliary catheter tract. Computed tomography provided information which allowed very specific preoperative diagnoses and which guided plans for further evaluation and treatment.
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Demas, B.E., Moss, A.A. & Goldberg, H.I. Computed tomographic diagnosis of complications of transhepatic cholangiography and percutaneous biliary drainage. Gastrointest Radiol 9, 219–222 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887838
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887838