Gallbladder infarction and liver abscess formation

Authors: Christopher Sampson Ryan Petersen

Publish Date: 2010/04/09

Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-479

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Abstract

Emergency physicians should have an understanding of the possible complications of chemoembolization The most common complication is postembolization syndrome which occurs in up to 90 of patients Nausea vomiting abdominal pain and fever are characteristic Fever should typically be low grade and last 1 week 1 Gallbladder infarction is rare and reported at 11 2 Though guided by the patient’s history an emergency physician should have a low threshold for ancillary radiographic imaging to rule out possible complications some of which may be fatal if missedThis article is published under an open access license Please check the Copyright Information section for details of this license and what reuse is permitted If your intended use exceeds what is permitted by the license or if you are unable to locate the licence and reuse information please contact the Rights and Permissions team

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