Antibiotic-induced iatrogenic hemobilia.

Huilgol, V R; Markus, S L; Vakil, N B · Am J Gastroenterol · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A classical triad of clinical signs defines hemobilia: GI bleeding, right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and jaundice. Although there are a number of causes, it is largely described in conjunction with blunt or penetrating liver trauma and as an iatrogenic complication of therapeutic hepatobiliary interventions. We present a case of antibiotic-induced vitamin K deficiency that resulted in hemobilia complicating acalculous cholecystitis.

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