Complications at the level of the thoracic wall during biliary drainage are rare. Two cases of rib erosion manifested more than 15 months after insertion of a percutaneous drainage catheter are reported. The contact of the catheter with the ribs and the extension to the periosteum and bony tissue of granulomatous processes are discussed as pathogenetic mechanisms.
Rib erosion : late complication of long-standing biliary drainage catheters / A. Severini, M. Bellomi, G. Cozzi, L. Bellegotti, A. Lattuada. - In: RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0033-8419. - 150:3(1984 Mar), pp. 666-666.
Rib erosion : late complication of long-standing biliary drainage catheters
M. BellomiSecondo
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1984
Abstract
Complications at the level of the thoracic wall during biliary drainage are rare. Two cases of rib erosion manifested more than 15 months after insertion of a percutaneous drainage catheter are reported. The contact of the catheter with the ribs and the extension to the periosteum and bony tissue of granulomatous processes are discussed as pathogenetic mechanisms.
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