Biliary ascariasis: particular cause of biliary tract infection
A 57-year-old previously healthy woman manifested a 6-day history of severe epigastric pain along with nausea and vomiting. There was tenderness in the epigastrium, without rebound pain or guarding. Laboratory examinations, including white blood cell count, neutrophilic granulocyte percentage, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, aspartate aminotransferase, were rise. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the common bile duct that a strip-type high-density shadow was in it without enhancement (Figure 1A,B). Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed a strip-type low-signal shadow was in the common bile duct and the right hepatic duct (Figure 1C). The Biliary ascariasis was diagnosed based on the patient’s clinical history and image features. The Ascaris was removed with the use of endoscopic forceps, and another Ascaris could be seen in the duodenum during surgery (Figure 1D). Pathological examination identified as Ascaris. The patient was given albendazole to prevent recurrence after surgery.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Professor Zhang Gang for providing help to this research.
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