Laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct and removal of dead worm in a patient of cholangitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure

We describe a dead ascaris-induced extrahepatic bilary obstruction in a young female who presented with acute cholangitis. The dead ascaris was removed by laparoscopic exploration of common bile duct after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure. Patient had an uneventful hospital cou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chalkoo, Mushtaq, Masoodi, Ibrahim, Hussain, Shabnum, Chalkoo, Shaheena, Farooq, Omar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Unusual Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2822177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20040804
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.58504
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Sumario:We describe a dead ascaris-induced extrahepatic bilary obstruction in a young female who presented with acute cholangitis. The dead ascaris was removed by laparoscopic exploration of common bile duct after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography failure. Patient had an uneventful hospital course after the procedure and was discharged afebrile after 3 days of hospital stay.

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