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Hepatic Abscess Due to Transhepatic Biliary Endoprosthesis Placement

Overview
Journal J Natl Med Assoc
Publisher Elsevier
Specialty General Medicine
Date 1989 May 1
PMID 2746682
Authors
T C Simmons
M D Moseberry
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Abstract

The authors present a patient with malignant biliary obstruction due to carcinoma of the pancreas, who developed a large pyogenic hepatic abscess after placement of a transhepatic biliary endoprosthesis. The hepatic abscess was suggested by the finding of a gas-filled defect in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen on chest x-ray and confirmed by computerized tomography of the abdomen.

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