Aerobics

An aerobilie - from Greek: aer, aeros (air) and Latin: bilis (bile) - is understood to mean air bubbles in the biliary tract that can be detected using X-rays, computer tomography or sonography .

Possible causes are:

• a (therapeutic) papillotomy as part of an ERCP
• a biliodigestive anastomosis (a surgical connection of the bile duct and bowel )
• a biliodigestive fistula (spontaneous connection between the bile duct and intestine )
• in the case of stone perforation in the intestinal tract with obstruction of the duodenum ( Bouveret's syndrome ) or obstruction of the terminal small intestine and gallstone ileus in the context of gallstone disease . (This results in the clinical triad: aerobilia, small intestinal ileus, possibly stone shadow during sonography)
• rarely gas-forming bacteria (such as Clostridium perfringens ) in cholecystitis emphysematosa or cholangitis .
• Post mortem aerospace due to trauma damage is also possible.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerd Herold : Internal Medicine. Herold, Cologne 2007, p. 512.

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