Chronic cough due to bronchobiliary fistula

被引:8
作者
Al-Mezem, SS [1 ]
Al-Jahdali, HH [1 ]
机构
[1] King Fahad Natl Guard Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Div Pulm, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
关键词
bronchobiliary fistula; cough; cholecystectomy; common bile duct obstruction;
D O I
10.1159/000029415
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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摘要
Bronchobiliary fistula is a rare cause of chronic cough. Here we describe a 70-year-old woman complaining of chronic cough and copious dark-yellow watery sputum. The presence of air in the biliary tract in the lower cuts of a computerized tomography scan of the chest and positive bile in the sputum led to the suspicion of bronchobiliary fistula. The diagnosis was confirmed by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, Drainage of the intrahepatic biliary tract resulted in complete resolution of her symptoms.
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