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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr 16;1(1):41-3.
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v1.i1.41.

Fulminant sepsis after liver biopsy: A long forgotten complication?

Corinna Claudi  1 , Martin Henschel, Jürgen Vogel, Michael Schepke, Erwin Biecker
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Fulminant sepsis after liver biopsy: A long forgotten complication?

Corinna Claudi et al. World J Clin Cases. .

Abstract

We report on a 74-year-old patient with recurrent cholangitis and a large juxtapapillary duodenal diverticulum. Despite drainage of the common bile duct by an endoscopically placed stent, the elevated liver enzymes normalized only partially. To rule out other possible causes of liver injury, a percutaneous liver biopsy was done. After the liver biopsy the patient developed fulminant septic shock and died within 24 h. We discuss the possible causes of the septic shock following percutaneous liver biopsy in our patient and give a concise overview of the literature.

Keywords: Cholangitis; Liver biopsy; Septic shock.

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Figure 1
Minor and moderate inflammatory lymphocytic infiltrate in portal tract and periportal parenchyma. Mild sclerosing portal and periportal inflammation.
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Figure 2
Focally fatty change and discret cholestasis in liver cells.
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