Consideraciones en torno a la formación del residente en cirugía de pared abdominal en España / Training of residents in abdominal wall surgery in Spain

La formación del residente en cirugía de la pared abdominal constituye un aspecto fundamental en la formación quirúrgica, representando globalmente un 20% de su actividad. En el presente artículo, se analiza el estado actual de la formación del residente en este tipo de cirugía en España teniendo en cuenta el amplio espectro en el que se desarrolla: servicios generales, unidades funcionales específicas, programas de cirugía mayor ambulatoria. Para ello, partiendo de las especificaciones del programa de la especialidad, se han utilizado datos concretos obtenidos de diversas fuentes de información directas, así como una revisión de los resultados obtenidos por los residentes en cirugía herniaria. En general los residentes en nuestro país manifiestan su conformidad con la formación recibida, y los resultados objetivos registrados se adecuan a los planteados en el programa. Sin embargo, sería importante estructurar en sus itinerarios docentes, un periodo de rotación en alguna Unidad específica y su implicación en programas de cirugía mayor ambulatoria (AU)

The training of residents in abdominal wall surgery is a fundamental aspect of surgical training, representing globally 20% of its activity. In this paper, we analyze the current state of resident training in this kind of surgery in Spain, taking into account the broad spectrum it covers: general services, specific functional units, ambulatory surgery programs. To do this, based on the specifications of the specialty program, specific data were used from several different sources of direct information and a review of the results obtained by residents in hernia surgery. In general, our residents agree with their training and the recorded results are in line with objectives outlined in the program. However, it would be important to structure their teaching schedules, a rotation period in any specific unit and their involvement in outpatient surgery programs (AU)

[Training of residents in abdominal wall surgery in Spain]. / Consideraciones en torno a la formación del residente en cirugía de pared abdominal en España.

The training of residents in abdominal wall surgery is a fundamental aspect of surgical training, representing globally 20% of its activity. In this paper, we analyze the current state of resident training in this kind of surgery in Spain, taking into account the broad spectrum it covers: general services, specific functional units, ambulatory surgery programs. To do this, based on the specifications of the specialty program, specific data were used from several different sources of direct information and a review of the results obtained by residents in hernia surgery. In general, our residents agree with their training and the recorded results are in line with objectives outlined in the program. However, it would be important to structure their teaching schedules, a rotation period in any specific unit and their involvement in outpatient surgery programs.

Morbilidad y costes en las tiroidectomías totales. Mejora del Valor del Proceso mediante el cambio de gestión / Morbidity and costs in complete thyroidectomies. Improvement in Value of the Process by a change in the management

Objetivos. 1) Presentar la morbilidad postoperatoria de las tiroidectomías totales y los resultados de su gestión clínica y costes obtenidos tras la cirugía. 2) Tras los cambios de gestión introducidos por la Unidad de Cirugía Endocrina (UCE), comparar en el Proceso de la tiroidectomía total, los resultados obtenidos en cuanto a morbilidad y costes. 3) Establecer si estos cambios mejoran el Valor del Proceso (relación beneficio/coste). Material y métodos. Estudio prospectivo de cohortes realizado en 529 tiroidectomías totales efectuadas entre 1998 y 2011. Presentamos sus características clinicopatológicas y comparamos los resultados clínicos y de gestión obtenidos tras la cirugía en 2 períodos de tiempo, 1998-2006 sin UCE (grupo 1, de 205 pacientes), y 2007-2011 con UCE (grupo 2, de 324 pacientes). Los resultados clínicos y el posible beneficio se valoraron mediante el estudio de la morbimortalidad (lesiones recurrenciales, hipocalcemia [<8 mgrs/dl], hematomas sofocantes y sangrado) y los de gestión por la valoración del tiempo de utilización de quirófano, de la estancia media y del coste total del Proceso. El estudio estadístico de comparación se hizo mediante la t de Student, para la comparación de medias y la Chi2 para comparar porcentajes aceptando como significativo p<0,05. Resultados. El porcentaje global de disfunciones recurrenciales transitorias (DRT) fue 6%. El de parálisis recurrenciales definitivas (PRD) de 1,5%. El de hipocalcemias, a las 24 horas, de 54,6%, al mes de 7%, a los 6 meses de 6,2% y el de hipoparatiroidismo definitivo de 1,3%. Se registraron 2,8% de hematomas sofocantes y 2% de secuelas. El tiempo quirúrgico medio fue de 98 minutos y la estancia media de 3,66 días. En la comparación de resultados de grupos, la UCE mejoró el índice de DRT en casi 7 puntos (10,2 vs 3,4%; p=0,002), el de PRD en 1,5 (2,4 vs 0,4%; p=0,3) hasta situarse por debajo del 1%, las cifras de sangrado a las 24 horas (53 vs 44 cc; p=0,002) y 48 horas (23 a 17 cc; p<0,001), la tasa de hematomas en otros 6 puntos (6,3 vs 0,6%; p<0,001), y la de hipocalcemias a las 24 horas (p=0,01). También mejoró la estancia media (4,79 vs 2,94 días; p<0,001), el tiempo de utilización de quirófanos (rebajado en 20 minutos/intervención; p<0,001), el coste total del Proceso, disminuyéndolo en más de 2.000€/Proceso (p<0,001), y produjo un ahorro total para el hospital, en el período de estudio, de 665.820€. Conclusiones. 1) Los resultados globales (morbilidad postoperatoria) de nuestras tiroidectomías totales se mantienen dentro de los estándares de calidad. 2) La especialización quirúrgica y los cambios introducidos por la UCE mejoraron los resultados clínicos (mayor beneficio) y los de gestión, acortando la estancia media, el tiempo de utilización del quirófano y disminuyendo los costes. 3) El cambio de gestión incrementó el Valor del Proceso(AU)

Objectives. 1) To present the postoperative morbidity of complete thyroidectomies and the results of their clinical management and costs obtained after surgery. 2) To compare the results obtained for the morbidity and costs in the complete thyroidectomy Process, after the management changes introduced by the Endocrine Surgical Unit (ESU). 3) To define whether these changes improve the Value (benefit/cost ratio) of the Process. Material and methods. Prospective study of cohorts conducted on 529 complete thyroidectomies performed between 1998 and 2011. We present their clinical-pathological characteristics and we compare the clinical and management results obtained after surgery in 2 time periods: 1998-2006 without ESU (group 1, 205 patients) and 2007-2011 with ESU (group 2, 324 patients). The clinical results and the possible benefits are assessed by studying the morbimortality (recurrent lesions, hypocalcaemia [<8mg/dl], suffocative haematomas and bleeding), and those of management, for the evaluation of the use of operating room time, the average stay and the total cost of the Process. The statistical comparison study was made using Student t test, for the comparison of means and the Chi2 to compare percentages, accepting P<.05 as significant. Results. The global percentage of transient recurrent dysfunctions (TRD) was 6%, and for definitive recurrent paralysis (DRP) it was 1.5%. Hypocalcaemia, at 24hours was 54.6%, at one month 7%, at six months 6.2% and that of definitive hypoparathyroidism 1.3%. There were 2.8% of suffocative haematomas and 2% adverse effects. The mean surgical time was 98minutes, and the average stay was 3.66 days. In the comparison of results of the groups, the ESU improved the TRD index by nearly 7 points (10.2 vs. 3.4%, P=.002), that of DRP by 1.5 (2.4 vs. 0.4%; P=.3) until reaching under 1%. The figures on bleeding at 24hours (53 vs. 44 cc; P=.002) and 48hours (23 to 17 cc; P<.001), the rate of haematomas by another 6 points (6.3 vs. 0.6%; P<.001), and that of hypocalcaemia at 24hours (P=.01). The average stay also improved (4.79 vs. 2.94 days; P<.001), the use of operating room time (reduced by 20minutes/operation; P<.001), the total cost of the Process, decreasing by more than € 2,000/Process (P<.001), and produced a total savings for the hospital in the period of study of € 665,820. Conclusions. 1) The global results (post-operative morbidity) of our total thyroidectomies are within the quality standards. 2) The surgical specialisation and the changes introduced by the ESU improved the clinical results (greater benefit) and those of management, cutting down the average stay and the operating room usage time and decreasing costs. 3) The change in management increased the Value of the Process(AU)

[Morbidity and costs in complete thyroidectomies. Improvement in Value of the Process by a change in the management]. / Morbilidad y costes en las tiroidectomías totales. Mejora del Valor del Proceso mediante el cambio de gestión.

OBJECTIVES: 1) To present the postoperative morbidity of complete thyroidectomies and the results of their clinical management and costs obtained after surgery. 2) To compare the results obtained for the morbidity and costs in the complete thyroidectomy Process, after the management changes introduced by the Endocrine Surgical Unit (ESU). 3) To define whether these changes improve the Value (benefit/cost ratio) of the Process. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study of cohorts conducted on 529 complete thyroidectomies performed between 1998 and 2011. We present their clinical-pathological characteristics and we compare the clinical and management results obtained after surgery in 2 time periods: 1998-2006 without ESU (group 1, 205 patients) and 2007-2011 with ESU (group 2, 324 patients). The clinical results and the possible benefits are assessed by studying the morbimortality (recurrent lesions, hypocalcaemia [<8 mg/dl], suffocative haematomas and bleeding), and those of management, for the evaluation of the use of operating room time, the average stay and the total cost of the Process. The statistical comparison study was made using Student t test, for the comparison of means and the Chi(2) to compare percentages, accepting P<.05 as significant. RESULTS: The global percentage of transient recurrent dysfunctions (TRD) was 6%, and for definitive recurrent paralysis (DRP) it was 1.5%. Hypocalcaemia, at 24 hours was 54.6%, at one month 7%, at six months 6.2% and that of definitive hypoparathyroidism 1.3%. There were 2.8% of suffocative haematomas and 2% adverse effects. The mean surgical time was 98 minutes, and the average stay was 3.66 days. In the comparison of results of the groups, the ESU improved the TRD index by nearly 7 points (10.2 vs. 3.4%, P=.002), that of DRP by 1.5 (2.4 vs. 0.4%; P=.3) until reaching under 1%. The figures on bleeding at 24 hours (53 vs. 44 cc; P=.002) and 48 hours (23 to 17 cc; P<.001), the rate of haematomas by another 6 points (6.3 vs. 0.6%; P<.001), and that of hypocalcaemia at 24 hours (P=.01). The average stay also improved (4.79 vs. 2.94 days; P<.001), the use of operating room time (reduced by 20 minutes/operation; P<.001), the total cost of the Process, decreasing by more than € 2,000/Process (P<.001), and produced a total savings for the hospital in the period of study of € 665,820. CONCLUSIONS: 1) The global results (post-operative morbidity) of our total thyroidectomies are within the quality standards. 2) The surgical specialisation and the changes introduced by the ESU improved the clinical results (greater benefit) and those of management, cutting down the average stay and the operating room usage time and decreasing costs. 3) The change in management increased the Value of the Process.

Aneurisma de la arteria hepática. Tratamiento conservador / Hepatic artery aneurysm: conservative treatment

Los aneurismas de la arteria hepática son lesiones poco frecuentes. Sus manifestaciones clínicas son variables aunque la forma más habitual es la rotura. Presentamos el caso clínico de un aneurisma de la arteria hepática. Aprovechamos para realizar una revisión de la literatura médica respecto a los aneurismas viscerales (AU)

Hepatic artery aneurysms are rare lesions. Their clinical manifestations are viable although the most usual form is rupture. We present the clinical case of a hepatic artery aneurysm. We also review the medical literature with respect to visceral aneurysms (AU)

Determinación intraoperatoria de paratirina en la cirugía del hiperparatiroidismo. Respuesta de los autores / Intraoperative parathyroid hormone determination in the surgery of hyperparathyroidism. Authors’ response

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[Intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone determination as a predictive factor of hyperparathyroidism resolution]. / La determinación peroperatoria de PTHi como factor predictivo de curación en el hiperparatiroidismo.

INTRODUCTION: The objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone (PTHi) determination as a marker of hyperparathyroidism resolution; b) to establish the minimum number of blood samples required; and c) to determine whether cervical manipulation increases baseline PTHi levels. PATIENTS AND METHOD: We performed a prospective study in 45 patients. Three intraoperative blood PTHi determinations were performed: at baseline and at 10 and 25 minutes after excising the lesion. To analyze the effects of cervical manipulation, in 19 patients, 2 further determinations were made after 2 minutes of massage on both sides of the neck. A decrease of > 50% in PTHi values between postexeresis samples and the baseline sample (gradient > 50%) was used as diagnostic and therapeutic criteria and normalization of calcemia was used as a criteria for complete resolution. RESULTS: Whenever the lesion causing hyperparathyroidism was extirpated, PTHi levels decreased at 10 and 25 minutes after exeresis. This decrease was predictive of complete resolution when the gradient was > 50. Cervical manipulation (massage) did not increase PTHi values. In patients with complete resolution, blood calcium levels also returned to normal. CONCLUSIONS: 1. Intraoperative PTHi determination with a gradient > 50 is an excellent prognostic marker of resolution. 2. Only 2 PTHi samples are required: one at baseline and another at 10 minutes after exeresis. 3. Preoperative cervical manipulation does not increase PTHi values.

La determinación peroperatoria de PTHi como factor predictivo de curación en el hiperparatiroidismo / Intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone determination as a predictive factor of hyperparathyroidism resolution

Introducción. Nuestros objetivos son valorar la eficacia de la determinación peroperatoria de la hormona paratiroidea intacta (PTHi) como marcador de curación del hiperparatiroidismo (HPT), establecer el número mínimo de muestras sanguíneas necesarias y comprobar si la manipulación cervical eleva la PTHi basal. Pacientes y método. Estudio prospectivo realizado con 45 pacientes. Peroperatoriamente se hicieron 3 determinaciones sanguíneas de PTHi: basal y a los 10 y 25 min de extirpar la lesión. Para analizar los efectos de la manipulación cervical, en 19 pacientes, se hicieron otras 2 determinaciones tras 2 min de masaje en ambos lados del cuello. Se aceptó como criterio diagnóstico y terapéutico el descenso > 50% del valor de PTHi entre las muestras postexeréticas y la basal (gradiente > 50) y como criterio de curación la normalización de la calcemia. Resultados. Siempre que se extirpó la causa del HPT hubo descensos de PTHi a los 10 y 25 min de la exéresis. Este descenso tuvo valor predictivo de curación cuando el gradiente fue > 50. La manipulación cervical (masaje) no produjo elevación de la cifra de PTHi. En los casos curados, también se normalizaron las cifras de la calcemia. Conclusiones. La determinación intraoperatoria de PTHi, con gradiente > 50, es un excelente indicador de curación. Sólo se precisan 2 muestras de PTHi: la basal y la extraída a los 10 min de la exéresis. La manipulación cervical preoperatoria no produjo elevación de los valores de PTHi (AU)

Introduction. The objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone (PTHi) determination as a marker of hyperparathyroidism resolution; b) to establish the minimum number of blood samples required; and c) to determine whether cervical manipulation increases baseline PTHi levels. Patients and method. We performed a prospective study in 45 patients. Three intraoperative blood PTHi determinations were performed: at baseline and at 10 and 25 minutes after excising the lesion. To analyze the effects of cervical manipulation, in 19 patients, 2 further determinations were made after 2 minutes of massage on both sides of the neck. A decrease of > 50% in PTHi values between postexeresis samples and the baseline sample (gradient > 50%) was used as diagnostic and therapeutic criteria and normalization of calcemia was used as a criteria for complete resolution. Results. Whenever the lesion causing hyperparathyroidism was extirpated, PTHi levels decreased at 10 and 25 minutes after exeresis. This decrease was predictive of complete resolution when the gradient was > 50. Cervical manipulation (massage) did not increase PTHi values. In patients with complete resolution, blood calcium levels also returned to normal. Conclusions. 1. Intraoperative PTHi determination with a gradient > 50 is an excellent prognostic marker of resolution. 2. Only 2 PTHi samples are required: one at baseline and another at 10 minutes after exeresis. 3. Preoperative cervical manipulation does not increase PTHi values (AU)

Surgical microbiology in risk patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

INTRODUCTION: Incidence of surgical infection is greater among elderly patients undergoing surgery than among the general population, with a serious compromise regarding morbidity and mortality in this group of patients with increased risk. AIM OF THE STUDY: To determine the microbiological features of surgical infections in patients over 65 years of age compared with those younger than 65. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Over the past 2 years, 2,064 patients underwent surgery in our Department. One thousand three hundred sixty seven of those patients (66.7%) had 65 years of age or less and 688 (33.3%) were over 65. Patient characteristics regarding the type of surgery (degree of contamination) and the nature and type of the condition requiring surgery are reported. One hundred five hundred sixty two samples were submitted for microbiological study. The microbiological infectious pathogens and their characteristics were determined. The Chi-square test was used for the analysis of potential differences related to the age of the patient. RESULTS: The rate of samples sent for microbiological study is higher among patients over 65. In addition, these patients show both quantitative and qualitative differences in their infectious microbiological spectrum, mainly in clean-contaminated, contaminated and dirty surgical procedures. Fungal infections play a significant role in this group of patients. CONCLUSIONS: Facultative gram-negative bacilli, aerobic gram-positive cocci, and fungi are the main pathogens responsible of surgical infections in elderly patients, compared to all other patients, thus requiring specific antibiotic prophylactic and therapeutic regimes.

Colitis ulcerosa en el Hospital de Bilbao: aspectos clínicos y quirúrgicos / Ulcerative colitis at a hospital in Bilbao, in Northern Spain: clinical and surgical aspects

Objetivo. Revisar las características epidemiológicas, clínicas y los resultados quirúrgicos de los pacientes afectados de colitis ulcerosa e ingresados en el Hospital de Basurto (Bilbao). Pacientes y método. Estudio retrospectivo de 176 pacientes que generaron 338 ingresos entre los años 1987 y 1996. Se han analizado 14 variables mediante técnicas estadísticas descriptivas e inferenciales, tanto en el caso unidimensional como bidimensional. Resultados. Nuestra serie consta de 99 varones (56 por ciento) y 77 mujeres (44 por ciento) que produjeron una incidencia hospitalaria de 4,40/100.000 habitantes/año. La edad media fue de 47,70 años (rango, 3-94). El índice de recidivas fue del 42 por ciento. Los síntomas principales fueron la rectorragia, la diarrea y el dolor abdominal, y la localización anatómica más frecuente el recto y el colon distal, que solos (29 por ciento) o asociados con la afectación del resto del intestino grueso (66 por ciento) resultaron afectados en el 95 por ciento de los casos. Fueron operados el 11,36 por ciento de los pacientes por mala respuesta al tratamiento médico (55 por ciento) o por la aparición de complicaciones graves (megacolon, perforación y hemorragia [30 por ciento]). La mortalidad quirúrgica fue nula y la global del 4 por ciento. Conclusiones. a) La incidencia hospitalaria fue de 4,40/ 100.000 habitantes/ año, con una tendencia progresivamente creciente; b) el histograma de edades es bimodal con dos picos; c) el índice de recidivas alcanzó el 42 por ciento, y d) la tasa de intervenciones quirúrgicas fue del 11,36 por ciento, sin mortalidad operatoria, y la tendencia quirúrgica fue la de realizar, tras la colectomía, anastomosis ileoanales con reservorio (AU)

Acute necrotizing Meckel diverticulitis due to biliary enterolithiasis.

BACKGROUND: Acute abdominal pain due to complicated Meckel's diverticulum is an unusual event. Even the presence of biliary enterolithiasis at the onset of inflamed congenital diverticulum has rarely been reported previously. RESULTS: Despite this unusual presentation, an episode of gallstone passage through the biliary tract has not yet been described. CONCLUSIONS: Whether the stones were primarily formed in the diverticulum as enterolithiasis, or secondary to gallstone passage is discussed. The complications of Meckel's diverticulum requiring surgical treatment are reviewed, focusing on the unusual finding of biliary stones in Meckel's diverticulum and the etiogenic mechanism of enterolithiasis.

Infective complications after abdominal surgery in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: role of CD4+ lymphocytes in prognosis.

Risk factors associated with surgical infections are related to many events that modulate the immune system and affect the surgical procedure. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of low CD4+ lymphocyte counts in 24 patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) undergoing abdominal surgery. Blood samples were obtained, and the lymphocyte population was evaluated perioperatively, as was the nutritional status of the patient. All the patients received selective antibiotic prophylaxis depending on the surgical procedure performed: (1) clean surgery: splenectomies (n = 8); (2) clean-contaminated: cholecystectomy and biliary tract surgery (n = 8); and (3) contaminated: appendectomy (n = 8). Depending on their CD4 count, two groups were formed: one with 200 to 500 cells/ml (n = 11) and the other with < 200 cells/ml (n = 13). When surgical infection was suspected, surgical drainage and microbiologic cultures were undertaken. For statistical evaluation of the groups ANOVA and the chi-square test were used; p < 0.05 was considered significant. Altogether 14 patients (58.3%) had a wound infection, and the mean (+/- SD) CD4 count in those patients was decreased (221.7 +/- 75.1) compared with that of the 10 patients in the uneventful group (386 +/- 81.2). Surgical infection rates were 50% for clean procedures, 62.5% for clean-contaminated procedures, and 62.5% for contaminated surgery. The group of patients with CD4 counts of < 200 cell/ml had an increased incidence of surgical infection, regardless of the type of surgery (p = 0.002). Thus the surgical infection rates with HIV patients undergoing abdominal surgery are dramatically increased. The CD4 and subsequently depressed neutrophil populations increase the risk of surgical infection during major procedures regardless of the type of surgery performed.

Serratia rubidaea as an invasive pathogen.

Serratia rubidaea biotype 1 was isolated from the bile and blood of a patient with a bile tract carcinoma obstructing the common bile duct and who underwent invasive procedures. The infection was cleared after adequate treatment with antibiotics.

Infective complications after minor operations in patients infected with HIV: role of CD4 lymphocytes in prognosis.

OBJECTIVE: To find out the incidence of wound infection in patients with HIV and reduced counts of CD4 lymphocytes. DESIGN: Open study. SETTING: University hospital, Spain. SUBJECTS: 70 patients with HIV infection and enlarged lymph nodes. INTERVENTIONS: Biopsy of lymph nodes and withdrawal of a sample of blood for counts of CD4 lymphocytes and neutrophils. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Development of infection at the biopsy site, and correlation of infecting organism with culture taken at the time of biopsy. RESULTS: Patients were divided into three groups depending on their CD4 count: more than 500 cells/ml (n = 26), 200-500 cells/ml (n = 24), and less than 200 cells/ml (n = 20). Their neutrophil counts were 5.1, 3.8, and 2.5 x 10(9)/1, respectively. There were found four wound infections (6%); 2 were in the group with more than 500 CD4 cells/ml, and these were caused by Staphylococcus aureus (which had been grown from nodes in 6 patients at the time of biopsy). The other 2 were in the group with less than 500 cells/ml and these were caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis; cultures of the nodes had shown Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 3) and M tuberculosis (n = 17). There were no infections in the group with 200-500 CD4 cells/ml, in which S epidermidis (n = 5) and M tuberculosis (n = 8) had been cultured from the lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: The CD4 count was of no prognostic importance in the development of wound infection, but severe depression of the CD4 count may increase the risk of atypical wound infections.

[Zinc deficiency caused by postgastrectomy fistula with high flow in a patient undergoing prolonged parenteral nutrition]. / Déficit de zinc debido a fístula posgastrectomía de alto débito en paciente sometido a nutrición parenteral prolongada.

A case is presented of a 57-year-old male patient who underwent total gastrectomy due to gastric adenocarcinoma. During the postoperative period the patient required long-term parenteral nutrition due to a high-debit GI fistula (over 700 ml/day) and sepsis. Two months after parenteral nutrition was started, the patients presented irritability, mucocutaneous lesions and progressive bolding. Serum alkaline phosphatase and zinc levels were lower than normal, although a supplemental 0.03 mg/k/day of zinc was administered. Faced with this zinc deficiency picture, 10 mg zinc sulfate was administered parenterally on a daily basis. The deficiency picture improved markedly over a week's period, and serum zinc and alkaline phosphatase levels returned to normal. The importance of zinc balance control in patients under long-term parenteral nutrition and high fluid debit through GI fistulas is highlighted.

[Alithiasic cholecystitis and sclerosing cholangitis caused by Cryptosporidium and cytomegalovirus in a patient with HIV infection]. / Colecistitis alitiásica y colangitis esclerosante por Cryptosporidium y citomegalovirus en paciente con infección por VIH.

A 23-year-old female, an ex-parenteral drug abuser with HIV infection, developed multiple pericholangitic abscesses secondary to lithiasic cholecystitis and sclerosing cholangitis by Cryptosporidium and cytomegalovirus. We emphasize the clinical clues and the diagnostic role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), as well as the contribution of the latter to surgical therapy (transendoscopic papillotomy). We also review the reported cases of biliary diseases by Cryptosporidium and/or cytomegalovirus in the literature.