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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1704920
BILIOBRONCHIAL FISTULA: RARE COMPLICATION OF HEPATIC HYDATIDOSIS
Publication History
Publication Date:
23 April 2020 (online)
Introduction The biliothoracic fistula is a fearsome complication of the hydatid cyst ruptured in the thorax because of the lung and hepatic injuries. Its frequency is according around 2.5 to 16%.
Methods We report the case of a 42-year-old gentleman admitted in the emergency department for management of biliptysis.
Result the diagnosis of a right Bronchobiliary fistula was retained. The treatment was at first endoscopic sphincterotomy and then an exclusive thoracotomy surgery to treat pulmonary and hepatic Hydatid disease and to repair diaphragm.
Conclusion Endoscopic sphincterotomy remains a key step in the management of biliobronchial fistulas with massive biliptysia.