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Ultrasonographic diagnosis of hepatobiliary ascariasis
- Source :
- Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 12(10)
- Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- Eight cases of hepatobiliary invasion of Ascaris lumbricoides into the hepatobiliary tract are presented. In the presence of nonspecific symptoms and biochemical test results, the diagnosis was made in seven patients by sonography. In the remaining patient, in whom the adult roundworm was not visible on sonography owing to the presence of aerobilia, the diagnosis was made at ERCP. Sonography revealed typical tubular, echogenic, filling defects along the long axis of a dilated common bile duct, sometimes exhibiting slow movements and containing a central sonolucent line. Repeated sonographic examinations accurately predicted treatment success.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Liver Diseases, Parasitic
Biliary Tract Diseases
Helminthiasis
Gastroenterology
Liver Function Tests
Internal medicine
Ascariasis
Medicine
Animals
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ultrasonography
Long axis
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
biology
Common bile duct
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Echogenicity
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Mebendazole
Treatment success
medicine.anatomical_structure
Child, Preschool
Female
Radiology
business
Liver function tests
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02784297
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9b80739fae3e542a530b33b881c55715