The diagnosis of fascioliasis of the biliary tract by imaging
Martínez López, R.; Ruiz Torres, J.; Díaz Canel Fernández, O.; Brizuela Quintanilla, R.; Pernía González, L.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 52(2): 145-147
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 11107910 Document Number: 520315
Three patients with abdominal pain were studied and through ultrasonography, it was suspected that they had Fasciola hepatica in their gallbladder and choedochio. By using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the presence of parasites in extrahepatic biliary passages of the cases was confirmed and then, it was taken out with a Dormia basket. It was concluded that imaging is a diagnostic means to be considered in this parasitosis.