Pneumobilia

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Pneumobilia is air in the biliary tree. It is most commonly seen in patients following surgery in which a biliary-enteric anastomosis has been created or a sphincterotomy (sphincter of Oddi) has been performed. Nonsurgical causes of pneumobilia are uncommon and are usually indicative of serious disease. Possible nonsurgical causes of pneumobilia include infection, neoplasm, biliary-enteric fistula, emphysematous cholecystitis and incompetence of the sphincter of Oddi.