Abstract

MORA, Néstor et al. Atypical complications post - CPRE. Gen [online]. 2016, vol.70, n.3, pp.89-92. ISSN 2477-975X.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) has become an essential procedure in the diagnosis and treatment of biliopancreatic diseases. Complications of this procedure are unusuals, but potentially dangerous, being necessary to know them how to recognize for the application of appropriate treatment. The following case belongs to. A female patient aged 33 who presents with abnormal pancreatobiliar union subsequently presents subcutaneous emphysema , bilateral pneumothorax , sepsis point abdominal starting pseudoretinopatía Purtscher and finally Wernicke encephalopathy , due to a perforation in that procedure. Previous diagnosis of iatrogenic injury after ERCP determines the proper treatment of this complication, which should include variations in clinical and patient physiology.

Keywords : ERCP; biliopancreatic union; abdominal pain; Pneumothorax; Sepsis.

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