Placement of a gallbladder stent using the assistance of peroral cholangioscopy: a case report

Jason R. Taylor, MD, University of Michigan
B. Joseph Elmunzer, MD, University of Michigan
Cyrus R. Piraka, MD, University of Michigan
Richard S. Kwon, MD, University of Michigan

We present a case of a 44 y old woman with primary biliary and alcoholic cirrhosis who presented with RUQ pain and encephalopathy. Further evaluation revealed acute cholecystitis with VRE and Candida bacteremia. She was not a candidate for laparoscopic cholecystectomy or radiologic cholecystostomy tube due to her decompensated cirrhosis, with a M [...]