Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract

A case of isolated candidal fungal balls in the common bile duct causing obstructive jaundice and cholangitis is described. There were no predisposing factors. The fungal balls were removed from the common bile duct and a transduodenal sphincteroplasty was performed. Microscopic analysis yielded col...

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Autores principales: Wig, J. D., Singh, Kartar, Chawla, Y. K., Vaiphei, K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1998
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9830582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/75730
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author Wig, J. D.
Singh, Kartar
Chawla, Y. K.
Vaiphei, K.
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Singh, Kartar
Chawla, Y. K.
Vaiphei, K.
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description A case of isolated candidal fungal balls in the common bile duct causing obstructive jaundice and cholangitis is described. There were no predisposing factors. The fungal balls were removed from the common bile duct and a transduodenal sphincteroplasty was performed. Microscopic analysis yielded colonies of candida. Postoperative period was uneventful. At follow-up no evidence of candida infection was evident. He is now 3 years post-surgery and is well.
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spelling pubmed-24239152008-07-08 Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract Wig, J. D. Singh, Kartar Chawla, Y. K. Vaiphei, K. HPB Surg Research Article A case of isolated candidal fungal balls in the common bile duct causing obstructive jaundice and cholangitis is described. There were no predisposing factors. The fungal balls were removed from the common bile duct and a transduodenal sphincteroplasty was performed. Microscopic analysis yielded colonies of candida. Postoperative period was uneventful. At follow-up no evidence of candida infection was evident. He is now 3 years post-surgery and is well. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1998-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2423915/ /pubmed/9830582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/75730 Text en Copyright © 1998 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Wig, J. D.
Singh, Kartar
Chawla, Y. K.
Vaiphei, K.
Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract
title Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract
title_full Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract
title_fullStr Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract
title_full_unstemmed Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract
title_short Cholangitis Due to Candidiasis of the Extra-Hepatic Biliary Tract
title_sort cholangitis due to candidiasis of the extra-hepatic biliary tract
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2423915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9830582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/75730
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