Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with liver bile cyst after injury treated by drainage
By Soultani, Christina et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2011·Companion Animal Clinic·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Evaluation and treatment of a posttraumatic intrahepatic biloma in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 9-month-old male mixed-breed dog was brought to the vet because he had been vomiting and running a fever after surgery to fix a bile duct injury. An ultrasound revealed a large bile collection in his liver called a biloma. The vet treated this by draining the bile using a special catheter guided by ultrasound. Two years later, the dog was still doing well and had no ongoing issues.
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Abstract
A 9 mo old male mixed-breed dog was presented with a history of chronic vomiting and fever after undergoing a cholecystectomy for the management of traumatic cystic duct rupture associated with biliary effusion 10 days before referral. A 6 cm × 6 cm intrahepatic bile collection, a biloma, was diagnosed on abdominal ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration. The biloma was treated with percutaneous catheter drainage under ultrasonographic guidance. Two years after aspiration, the dog continued to do well.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21164162/