İsmail Okan1, Servet Tali1, Zeki Özsoy1, Çağlar Deniz2, Berat Acu2, Erdinç Yenidoğan1, Hüseyin Ayhan Kayaoğlu1, Mustafa Şahin1

1Department of General Surgery, Gaziosmanpaşa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey
2Department of Radiology, Gaziosmanpaşa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey

Abstract

Pneumobilia is the detection of gas within the biliary system. It usually develops after bilioenteric anastomosis, percutaneous or endoscopic biliary interventions, infections and abscesses. The treatment is surgical, especially in cases with no prior interventions to the biliary system. The development of pneumobilia is quite rare after blunt trauma. Therefore, both the diagnosis and management are challenging for surgeons. Herein, we present the diagnosis and conservative management of a patient with pneumobilia after blunt trauma.

Keywords: Blunt trauma, pneumobilia, conservative management


 

Peer Review

Externally peer-reviewed.

Author Contributions

Concept - İ.O., Z.Ö., B.A.; Design - S.T., Ç.D.; Supervision - Z.Ö., E.Y.; Funding - E.Y.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - M.Ş., H.A.K.; Literature Review - Z.Ö., E.Y.; Writer - Z.Ö.; Critical Review - M.Ş., H.A.K., İ.O.

Conflict of Interest

No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure

The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.