Intrahepatic ascaridiasis. Report of a case

de la Concha, F.

Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico 56(4): 239-241

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0906
PMID: 1810014
Document Number: 380919
Adult ascariasis is rarely seen outside of gastrointestinal lummen but occasionally there are migration to extrahepatic bile ducts with production of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis. A patient with a six years of intermittent cholangitis is was seen, we found the adult worm in the left hepatic duct requiring hepatic resection. Definitive diagnosis was done by histopathology; surgical findings and a previous ERCP were not conclusive.

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