Embolização arterial no tratamento de hemobilia pós-trauma hepático: relato de caso

Hemobilia é causa rara de hemorragia digestiva e complicação incomum no trauma hepático. Ocorre devido à comunicação entre ductos biliares e vasos intra-hepáticos. Os autores relatam um caso de paciente vítima de ferimento penetrante abdominal que evoluiu, após três meses da hepatorrafia, com dor, icterícia e hemorragia digestiva. Foi realizada angiografia, que demonstrou pseudoaneurisma de artéria hepática direita, e efetuada embolização com sucesso.

Hemobilia pós-trauma

Our objective is to report a case of a patient, with a thoraco-abdominal gunshot wound with right hemothorax and liver lesion in the right lobe. The liver and the diafragm were sutured and the chest was drained. On the 9th post operative day the patient had hematemesis, jaundice and pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The abdominal ultrasound image with Doppler, revealed arteriobiliary fistulae. The diagnosis of hemobilia was made and the patient underwent embolization of the fistulae by liver arteriography.

Colecistite aguda decorrente de hemorragia intraluminar da vesícula biliar após trauma abdominal fechado

Isolated gallbladder injury following abdominal blunt trauma is rare and early diagnosis is difficult to make, particularly when no other organ is injured. However, ultrasonography is valuable for investigating gallbladder injuries. We report a case of isolated gallbladder blunt trauma presented as acute cholecystitis with hemobilia. In isolated blunt traumatic injury to the gallbladder, treatment options vary depending on the specific injury. The characteristics of blunt trauma injuries to the gallbladder and their appropriate management are discussed.