Case Report
Gall Bladder Perforation Leads to Liver Abscess Formation – Role of Ultrasonography
Rikki Singal1*, Samita Gupta3, Rajinder Pal Singal2, Amit Mittal3, Saurabh Sharma1 and Raviv Khurana1
1Department of Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwer Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Dist-Ambala), Haryana, India
2Department of Orthopaedics, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, India
3Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Maharishi Markandeshwer Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Dist-Ambala), Haryana, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Rikki Singal
Department of Surgery
Maharishi Markandeshwer Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
Mullana (Dist-Ambala), Haryana, India
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Received date: March 01, 2015; Accepted date: March 30, 2015; Published date: April 15, 2015
Citation: Singal R, Gupta S, Singal RP, Mittal A, Sharma S, et al. (2015) Gall Bladder Perforation Leads to Liver Abscess Formation – Role of Ultrasonography . J Gastrointest Dig Syst 5:279. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000279
Copyright: © 2015 Singal R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Perforation of the gall bladder is a rare complication of cholecystitis leads to liver abscess. Hepatic abscess is reportedly associated with a 7% to 40% prevalence of biliary communication. Biliary communication may prevent an abscess from healing after percutaneous drainage and, if so, require additional surgical or other interventional treatment. We report a case of a 40 year – old female who was diagnosed as gallbladder perforation and intrahepatic abscess which was successfully treated by surgically.