Abstract

ZURITA-CESPEDES, Brian Iván. Hepatic cholangiolar microabscesses secondary to choledocholithiasis. Gac Med Bol [online]. 2023, vol.46, n.2, pp.129-132.  Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 1012-2966.  https://doi.org/10.47993/gmb.v46i2.674.

Hepatic abscesses are suppurative collections encapsulated within the liver parenchyma, which are generally infected by bacteria. They are formed by different mechanisms, one of them is secondary to bile duct infection, acute cholangitis, which in its natural history can progress to severe infection and even sepsis or septic shock and that is why it requires a proper diagnosis and treatment. Gallstones can be complicated by acute cholangitis after bile outflow obstruction with subsequent infection, usually bacterial, not only of the biliary tree but also of the liver parenchyma. We present the clinical case of a young female patient who presented with cholangiolar hepatic microabscesses after an event of choledocholithiasis not treated in a timely manner.

Keywords : liver abscess; cholangitis; choledocholithiasis; sepsis; cholangiopancreatography endoscopic retrograde.

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