reviewed and approved by the Jeonbuk National University Hospital Institutional Review Board,No.2021-07-005.
BACKGROUND Hepatobiliary scintigraphy(HBS)is a useful diagnostic imaging technique that uses radiotracers to evaluate the function of the gallbladder(GB)and biliary system.In segmented GB,some HBS images reveal a disc...
BACKGROUND Incidence of gallstones in those aged≥80 years is as high as 38%-53%.The decision-making process to select those oldest old patients who could benefit from cholecystectomy is challenging.AIM To assess the ...
BACKGROUND Chylothorax is an uncommon condition in which chyle leaks into the pleural cavity,and biliary peritonitis is a rare complication of thoracic duct embolization in clinical practice.CASE SUMMARY We describe t...
Supported by Beijing Hospitals Authority Clinical Medicine Development of special funding support;No. XMLX202113;Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission;No. Z191100006619051;Special Fund for Open Topics of Lymph Surgery in Beijing Shijitan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University;No. 2019-LB03;Beijing Natural Science Foundation;No. 7192062
BACKGROUND Ig G4-related disease(Ig G4-RD),an immune-mediated chronic progressive fibroinflammatory disease,can affect the functions of several organs.Some common characteristics can be observed in different Ig G4-RDs...
BACKGROUND We report a case of intragallbladder hematoma and biliary tract obstruction caused by blunt gallbladder injury.We report that the patient was safely treated by conservative treatment after the obstruction w...
Acute acalculous cholecystitis(AAC)is an inflammation of the gallbladder not associated with the presence of gallstones.It usually occurs in critically ill patients but it has also been implicated as a cause of cholec...
BACKGROUND Cholecystoduodenal fistula is a rare complication of cholelithiasis.Symptoms are usually non-specific and often indistinguishable from those of etiologic diseases,but it rarely presents as severe gastrointe...
BACKGROUND Although cholecystectomy is the standard treatment modality,it has been shown that perioperative mortality is approaching 19 To in critical and elderly patients.Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) can be cons...
BACKGROUND Pancreaticoduodenal artery (PDA) aneurysms are extremely rare. The complicated clinical presentations and high incidence of rupture make it difficult to diagnose and treat. PDA pseudoaneurysms often rupture...
Gangrenous cholecystitis(GC) is a severe and potentially deadly complication of acute cholecystitis. We present a 83-year-old gentleman with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus with significant associat...