Foreign Body in the Biliary Tree: A New Complication Associated With ERCP

A man with liver abscesses and choledocholithiasis. ERCP with sphincterotomy and stone extraction with balloon catheter. Once antibiotic was completed, a CT showed a liver abscessesn improvement, identifying a metallic foreign body of 20 mm in liver segment VIII, suggestive of balloon catheter fragment. Extraction was attempted with a new ERCP and percutaneously, without success. At the same time as open cholecystectomy, it was attempted surgical extraction, but intraoperative ultrasound showed an intimate relationship with a large portal branch, giving up the attempt. Subsequent radiological controls have been carried out, without alterations, so an expectant attitude has been maintained.

Citation Florez-Diez P, Rodriguez-Ferreiro N, Beltran V et al. eP368V FOREIGN BODY IN THE BILIARY TREE: A NEW COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH ERCP. Endoscopy 2021; 53: S216.

Publication History

Article published online:
19 March 2021