Case Report

Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture

Volume: 4 Number: 6 June 1, 2020
  • Elgun Samadov
  • Ilgar Namazov *
  • Tarlan Mirzezadeh
  • Emin Bayramov
  • Mohsum Asgarov
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Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture

Abstract

Pneumobilia is the presence of air in the biliary system. It mostly indicates a connection between the biliary system and the gastrointestinal tract, although it can also occur after trauma. The best diagnostic modality of pneumobilia is computed tomography (CT). We herein present a 32-year-old male patient with pneumobilia due to hepatic rupture caused by abdominal trauma after car crash. The instability of the patient and hepatic rupture were the reasons of surgical treatment. The surgeon should know that pneumobilia and portal venous gas are easily confused. While mortality risk of pneumobilia is lower than that of portal venous gas, in such conditions the patient should be operated, because chance of cure is quite high.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Surgery

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Elgun Samadov This is me
0000-0003-0540-5667
Azerbaijan

Tarlan Mirzezadeh This is me
0000-0001-6844-4909
Azerbaijan

Emin Bayramov This is me
0000-0002-2962-9369
Azerbaijan

Mohsum Asgarov This is me
0000-0002-6342-1529
Azerbaijan

Publication Date

June 1, 2020

Submission Date

May 12, 2020

Acceptance Date

June 30, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 4 Number: 6

APA
Samadov, E., Namazov, I., Mirzezadeh, T., Bayramov, E., & Asgarov, M. (2020). Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 4(6), 505-506. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.736126
AMA
1.Samadov E, Namazov I, Mirzezadeh T, Bayramov E, Asgarov M. Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture. J Surg Med. 2020;4(6):505-506. doi:10.28982/josam.736126
Chicago
Samadov, Elgun, Ilgar Namazov, Tarlan Mirzezadeh, Emin Bayramov, and Mohsum Asgarov. 2020. “Pneumobilia After Blunt Trauma of Abdominal Wall Caused by Car Crash With Hepatic Rupture”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4 (6): 505-6. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.736126.
EndNote
Samadov E, Namazov I, Mirzezadeh T, Bayramov E, Asgarov M (June 1, 2020) Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4 6 505–506.
IEEE
[1]E. Samadov, I. Namazov, T. Mirzezadeh, E. Bayramov, and M. Asgarov, “Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture”, J Surg Med, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 505–506, June 2020, doi: 10.28982/josam.736126.
ISNAD
Samadov, Elgun - Namazov, Ilgar - Mirzezadeh, Tarlan - Bayramov, Emin - Asgarov, Mohsum. “Pneumobilia After Blunt Trauma of Abdominal Wall Caused by Car Crash With Hepatic Rupture”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4/6 (June 1, 2020): 505-506. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.736126.
JAMA
1.Samadov E, Namazov I, Mirzezadeh T, Bayramov E, Asgarov M. Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture. J Surg Med. 2020;4:505–506.
MLA
Samadov, Elgun, et al. “Pneumobilia After Blunt Trauma of Abdominal Wall Caused by Car Crash With Hepatic Rupture”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, vol. 4, no. 6, June 2020, pp. 505-6, doi:10.28982/josam.736126.
Vancouver
1.Elgun Samadov, Ilgar Namazov, Tarlan Mirzezadeh, Emin Bayramov, Mohsum Asgarov. Pneumobilia after blunt trauma of abdominal wall caused by car crash with hepatic rupture. J Surg Med. 2020 Jun. 1;4(6):505-6. doi:10.28982/josam.736126