TY - JOUR AU - Crnjac, Anton PY - 2013/04/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Thoracobiliary fistulas, Literature review and a case report of fistula closure with omentum majus JF - Radiology and Oncology JA - Radiol Oncol VL - 47 IS - 1 SE - Clinical oncology DO - UR - https://radioloncol.com/index.php/ro/article/view/869 SP - AB - <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-US">Thoracobiliary</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span class="hps">fistulas</span> <span class="hps">are</span> <span class="hps">pathological</span> <span class="hps">communications between the</span> <span class="hps">biliary</span> <span class="hps">tract and the bronchial</span> <span class="hps">tree (bronchobiliary fistulas)</span> <span class="hps">or the biliary tract and the</span> <span class="hps">pleural</span> <span class="hps">space (pleurobiliary fistulas).</span> <span class="hps">We report of an</span> <span class="hps">iatrogenic bronchobiliary</span> <span class="hps">fistula which developed after the radiofrequency ablation of a colorectal carcinoma metastasis of the liver. We also present the closure of the bronchobiliary fistula with the greater</span> <span class="hps">omentum</span> as a possible manner of <span class="hps">fistula closure, which was not reported previously according to the knowledge of the authors.</span> <span class="hps">Apart from that, we have reviewed</span> <span class="hps">etiology</span>, <span class="hps">pathogenesis</span>, <span class="hps">predilection</span> formation <span class="hps">points</span>, the clinical <span class="hps">picture</span>, <span class="hps">diagnostic</span> <span class="hps">possibilities,</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">therapeutic</span> <span class="hps">options</span> <span class="hps">for thoracobiliary fistulas.</span> <span class="hps">The authors</span> <span class="hps">discuss</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">clinical</span> <span class="hps">case in comparison</span> <span class="hps">with the</span> <span class="hps">literature</span>.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span> ER -