Intrahepatic abscess due to gallbladder perforation.

Background: Perforation of the gallbladder with cholecystohepatic communication is a rare cause of liver abscess. We report four cases of this condition and describe the imaging procedures related to its diagnosis and treatment.

Methods: The medical and x-ray files of 39 patients with percutaneous drainage of liver abscesses were retrospectively reviewed.

"Rendez-vous" procedure (RVP) for obstructive jaundice.

Seven patients with obstructive jaundice were palliatively treated with the "rendez-vous" procedure, which combines a percutaneous and an endoscopic approach to stent insertion into the biliary system. In six cases, pretreatment papillotomy was not needed. Endoscopy was also not really necessary for stenting in one patient.

Buerger's disease presenting as acute small bowel ischemia.

The case of a young man with an unusual presentation of thromboangiitis obliterans with ischemia of the small bowel, 2 years before peripheral vascular disease of the extremities was clinically expressed, is reported.

[Spontaneous rupture of a hepatocellular carcinoma successfully managed by embolization of the hepatic artery].

An 87-year old woman was admitted with a clinical picture of hypovolemic shock, preceded by a few weeks of abdominal pain. On admission, blood urea was high, the hemoglobin 5 g% and the CT scan revealed a large mass in the right hepatic lobe and free fluid in the abdominal cavity. A tentative diagnosis of ruptured hepatoma with spontaneous intraperitoneal bleeding was made.