Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury

Volume: 2 Number: 2 April 1, 2011
  • Mehmet Ergin
  • Mahmut Tokur
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Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury

Abstract

Thoracobiliary fistula (TBF) is a rare but highly serious complication of thoraco-abdominal trauma. The most significant factor in the early diagnosis of TBF is considered to be a laceration of the diaphragm and accompanied mostly by hepatic injury in the trauma of lower thoracic region. Fever, chills, biliptysis, abdominal and chest pain, pleural effusion, hepatomegaly and leucocytosis are among the most common presenting symptoms of TBF. Existence of indirect biliribun in sputum and/or pleural fluid is also supporting agents in the diagnosis. Even though there exist no optimal management of TBF, surgical and conservative approaches in its management are available. In cases where TBF treatment is started late, development of bile empyema with acute necrotizing bile bronchiolitis, pneumonia and sepsis is inevitable. In this article, a biliary-bronchial fistula case, which developed as a late complication after a gunshot injury and resulted in mortality, is presented

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Authors

Mehmet Ergin This is me

Mahmut Tokur This is me

Publication Date

April 1, 2011

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April 1, 2011

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Year 2011 Volume: 2 Number: 2

APA
Ergin, M., & Tokur, M. (2011). Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports, 2(2), 30-31. https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD
AMA
1.Ergin M, Tokur M. Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports. 2011;2(2):30-31. https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD
Chicago
Ergin, Mehmet, and Mahmut Tokur. 2011. “Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury”. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports 2 (2): 30-31. https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD.
EndNote
Ergin M, Tokur M (April 1, 2011) Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports 2 2 30–31.
IEEE
[1]M. Ergin and M. Tokur, “Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury”, Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 30–31, Apr. 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD
ISNAD
Ergin, Mehmet - Tokur, Mahmut. “Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury”. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports 2/2 (April 1, 2011): 30-31. https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD.
JAMA
1.Ergin M, Tokur M. Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports. 2011;2:30–31.
MLA
Ergin, Mehmet, and Mahmut Tokur. “Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury”. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports, vol. 2, no. 2, Apr. 2011, pp. 30-31, https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Ergin, Mahmut Tokur. Thoracobiliary Fistula Developing At a Late Stage After a Gushot Injury. Journal of Emergency Medicine Case Reports [Internet]. 2011 Apr. 1;2(2):30-1. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72AG84CD