Biliary tract hemorrhage

Saturday, March 29, 2008 · Posted in

Various reasons cause liver or hepatic artery, vein and bile duct or gallbladder same, From upper gastrointestinal bleeding, known as biliary tract bleeding, liver, biliary tract hemorrhage caused by rare, accounting for about 5%. Biliary tract hemorrhage caused by liver cancer the following main reasons: the growth of tumor infiltration was in the long hepatic duct, when mass, hemorrhage, blood bile duct, a hemobilia; intrahepatic vascular tumor erosion and intrahepatic bile duct, bile duct fistula formation of blood vessels, resulting in massive hemobilia; from biliary epithelial cell carcinoma of the bile duct necrosis, the intrahepatic bile duct tumor cavity rupture bleeding, biliary tract bleeding there.
Biliary tract hemorrhage caused by liver cancer is extremely rare, so too often overlooked or misdiagnosed. Its clinical manifestations and liver cancer caused by other reasons performance of the upper gastrointestinal bleeding is different. Hemobilia it except for the black, and more severe acute upper abdominal colic, it is because blood flow to the speed of common bile duct quickly, so suddenly increased pressure within the bile duct, bile duct and aroused strong spastic sphincter, and esophagus, gastric bleeding is different. A large amount of bleeding, shock may arise. Some patients may also arise jaundice, it is because the common bile duct to stay within the reservoir formation of blood clots caused by the common bile duct blockage. When liver cancer patients at the same time abdominal pain, jaundice and dark then, it is necessary to consider the possibility of biliary tract hemorrhage. Feasible ultrasound and CT examinations to further clarify the diagnosis. General ultrasonography can clear diagnosis, if not explicitly ultrasound, CT scan can.

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