Caso clínico radiológico de colangitis piógena recurrente / Radiological clinical case of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis

RESUMEN Se presenta paciente de 28 años, bangladeshi, ingresado en el Cuban Hospital de Qatar por dolor abdominal, fiebre moderada e ictericia ligera, elevación de las enzimas hepáticas y pancreáticas, además de presentar patrón humoral de colestasis. La ecografía abdominal y la tomografía de abdomen con contraste endovenoso detectaron vesícula biliar distendida con pared gruesa, litiasis en las vías biliares extra e intrahepáticas con dilatación de las mismas y escasa cantidad de líquido y edema peri pancreático, concluyéndose como pancreatitis aguda secundaria a colecistitis litiásica. Se realizó una colangiopancreatografia retrógrada endoscópica, y se comprobaron estos hallazgos y estenosis del conducto hepático derecho asociado a no permeabilidad del conducto hepático izquierdo. El diagnóstico cambió a colangitis piógena oriental. Por esta vía se extrajeron los cálculos y se colocó stent. El paciente fue tratado complementariamente con antibióticos, piperacilina y tazobactam vía IV, egresado con evolución satisfactoria después de nueve días del ingreso. Actualmente se encuentra en seguimiento por equipo multidisciplinario para definir conducta quirúrgica definitiva.

ABSTRACT A 28-year-old Bangladeshi patient is presented, admitted to the Cuban Hospital in Qatar for:abdominal pain, moderate fever and mild jaundice, elevated liver and pancreatic enzymes, as well as a humoral pattern of cholestasis. Abdominal ultrasound and abdominal tomography with intravenous contrast detected a distended gallbladder with a thick wall, lithiasis in the extra and intrahapatic bile ducts with dilatation of the same and little amount of fluid and peri-pancreatic edema, concluding as acute pancreatitis secondary to lithiasic cholecystitis. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed, verifying these findings and stenosis of the right hepatic duct associated with non-patency of the left hepatic duct, the diagnosis changed to oriental pyogenic cholangitis. By this route, the stones were extracted and a stent was placed. The patient was treated with complementary antibiotics, piperazine and IV tazobactam, and was discharged with satisfactory evolution nine days after admission. He is now being followed by a multidisciplinary team to define definitive surgical conduct.

Laparoscopic left hepatectomy in patients with intrahepatic duct stones and recurrent pyogenic cholangitis

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS: Recently many studies have been reported the early results of a hepatectomy for various intrahepatic lesions. Also various types of laparoscopic hepatectomies are being performed in many centers. Some reports about the safety of laparoscopic parenchymal dissection of the liver have been published. In this study, we reported our experiences of laparoscopic left hepatectomies in patients with an intrahepatic duct (IHD) stone with recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (RPC), and investigated whether the total laparoscopic parenchymal dissection is as safe as open surgery. METHODS: From April 2008 to December 2010, 25 patients had been admitted for left IHD stones with RPC. Preoperatively, the type of surgery was decided with the intention of treating each patient. Initially 10 patients underwent a laparoscopy-assisted left hepatectomy and the next 15 patients underwent total laparoscopic left hepatectomy as our experience grew. Demographics, peri- and postoperative results were collected and analyzed comparatively. RESULTS: The mean age, gender ratio, preoperative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, accompanied acute cholangitis and biliary pancreatitis, and the number of preoperative percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) inserted cases were not different between the two groups who had undergone laparoscopy-assisted and totally laparoscopic left hepatectomy. The operation time, intraoperative transfusions and postoperative complications also showed no difference between them. The postoperative hospital stay did not show a significant difference statistically. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we concluded that a laparoscopic left hepatectomy can be adapted to the patients with a left IHD stone with RPC. Also laparoscopic parenchymal dissection is safe and equivalent to an open procedure.