Table 1 Review of reported cases with bronchobiliary fistula after treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma
From: Bronchobiliary fistula caused after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report
Author | Age/sex | Location of HCC | Treatment for HCC | Bilioptysis | Biloma or abscess | Disorder of biliary Tree | Diagnostic modality of BBF | Treatment for BBF (prognosis) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khandelwal | 73/F | Dome | Chemotherapy | + | No | Stricture | ERCP | Biliary stent (5 months; died of cancer) |
Akazawa | 69/M | NA | TACE | + | Biloma | NA | None | Biliary stent (5 months; died of cancer) |
Kaido | 76/M | NA | Hr1(M) | + | Abscess | Stricture | 99mTc-HIDA | PTAD and RML+RLL (12 days; died of hepatic failure) |
Hibi | 66/M | Right lobe | TACE | + | No | BTT | Bronchoscopy | Biliary stent and RHx+RLL+BR (6 months; alive) |
Yoon | 43/F | Lateral segment and dome | TACE and RFA | + | Abscess | NA | Fistulography | PTAD (2 months; alive) |
Kim | 52/F | Segment 7 | RFA | + | Abscess | Stricture | CT | Hr1(P)+BR (2 months; alive) |
Kuo | 68/M | Segment 4 | Central lobectomy | + | No | Stricture | Bronchoscopy | VATS (pneumolysis and resection of the BBF) (1 year; alive) |
Dai | 65/M | Posterior section | TACE+RFA | + | Abscess | NA | CT | Thoracic cavity drainage (1 day; died of respiratory failure) |
Zhong | 58/M | Segment 8 | RFA | + | Biloma | Lithiasis | CT | RHx+lithotomy (18 months; alive) |
Kim | 53/M | Right lobe | TACE | + | Biloma | Stricture | Bronchoscopy and tubogram | Drainage and embolization of the BBF (1 month; died of hepatic failure) |
Zeng | 57/M | Segment 8 | TACE+RFA | + | Biloma | Lithiasis | None | RHx+lithotomy (40 days; alive) |
Present case | 70/M | Segment 5, 7 | Partial resection | + | Abscess | None | Fistulography | PTAD, ENBD⇒RHx (4 years; alive) |