Antibiotic-induced iatrogenic hemobilia
Huilgol, V.R.; Markus, S.L.; Vakil, N.B.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 92(4): 706-707
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 9128332 Document Number: 469968
A classical triad of clinical signs defines hemobilia: GI bleeding, right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and jaundice. Although there are a number of causes, it is largely described in conjunction with blunt or penetrating liver trauma and as an iatrogenic complication of therapeutic hepatobiliary interventions. We present a case of antibiotic-induced vitamin K deficiency that resulted in hemobilia complicating acalculous cholecystitis.