Acquired Bronchobiliary Fistula After a Living Donor Liver Transplant: A Unique Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge.

Olivia Becker, Deepika Suresh, Mary McGrath, Hannah Laird, Curtis Argo, Neeral Shah

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Article in ACG case reports journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Recurrent hepatic hydatid disease presenting with biliptysis and suspected bronchobiliary fistula: successful management via thoracotomy, lung wedge resection, and diaphragmatic/subdiaphragmatic cyst evacuation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026
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Olivia BeckerDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

Deepika SureshDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

Mary McGrathDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

Hannah LairdDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

Curtis ArgoDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

Neeral ShahDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA.

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Abstract

Bronchobiliary fistula (BBF) is an atypical passageway between the biliary system and the bronchial tree. There are scarce reports of BBF and even fewer in living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients. We present a case of BBF in a 36-year-old woman who developed a bilious cough 2 years after a LDLT that was complicated by a late bile leak. We conclude that BBF should be considered in LDLT recipients who develop a bile leak postoperatively, given this common risk factor among reviewed cases. We support the use of hepatobiliary scintigraphy for diagnosis and noninvasive approaches aimed at decompression for repair.

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biloptysisbronchobiliary fistulaendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyhepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid scanliver transplant

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PMID41393979

DOI10.14309/crj.0000000000001928

PMCPMC12700731

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