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Percutaneous Drainage of Abdominal Fluid Collections

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A 67-year-old man with a liver transplant 1 year before developed stenosis of the biliary anastomosis that required stent placement by ERCP He was admitted for cholangitis, and the stent was removed. He was readmitted for fever without an apparent focus of infection. Abdominal CT showed a gas-containing collection in the left liver lobe.

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  1. Interventional Radiology Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Carlos Haya, Avda. Carlos Haya s/n., 29010, Málaga, Spain

    José Rodríguez & Iván Artero

  2. Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Avda. de Carlos Haya, 29106, Málaga, Spain

    José J. Muñoz

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Rodríguez, J., Artero, I., Muñoz, J.J. (2010). Percutaneous Drainage of Abdominal Fluid Collections. In: Learning Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Learning Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87997-8_8

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