Interesting Cause of Obstructive Jaundice Diagnosed by Endoscopic Ultrasound
| Autor: | Dhaval Choksi, Meghraj Ingle, Kaivan Shah, Ruchir Patel, Prateik Poddar, Prabha Sawant |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Endoscopic ultrasound
Ascending cholangitis Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Common bile duct medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Biliary colic Jaundice medicine.disease Gastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine Medicine Acute pancreatitis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Cholecystectomy medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research. |
| ISSN: | 2347-176X |
| Popis: | Hepatobiliaryascariasis is a common problem in tropical countries including India. It can present with intermittent symptoms and fluctuating imaging results and blood parameters as the worm migrates within the gastrointestinal tract. Patient can present with biliary colic, obstructive jaundice, ascending cholangitis, acalculouscholecystitis or acute pancreatitis. We present a case of obstructive jaundice in a 37 years old female, post cholecystectomy status. Patients abdominal ultrasound was apparently normal 1 week before jaundice, which was done for abdominal pain. Biliary ascariasis was diagnosed using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). A live adult ascaris was removed from common bile duct (CBD) by endoscopic |
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