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Percutaneous Cholecystostomy

Figure 10 : A contrast-enhanced study through a cholecystostomy catheter (long white arrow) shows a bile leak (short white arrow) tracking superiorly with formation of a biloma within the mediastinum (black arrow). An inferior vena cava filter (arrowhead) is present.

Complications

Most common complication is biliary leakage, which may occur during placement or removal of catheters (Fig. 10)

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