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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 114-116 |
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Radio-pathological diagnosis of hepatobiliary ascariasis: A rare entity
Indranil Chakrabarti1, Amita Giri1, Anuradha De1, Asit Chandra Roy2
1 Department of Pathology, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling, India
Correspondence Address:
Indranil Chakrabarti
Department of Pathology, North Bengal Medical College, Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal - 734 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.83468
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Ascariasis is the commonest helminthic infection in humans, caused by the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. The adult worms usually reside in the small intestine. Rarely, they migrate into the bile duct and pancreatic ducts, but involvement of the gall bladder and/or liver parenchyma is extremely rare. Here, we describe a case of a 32-year-old woman who presented with fever, anorexia, right upper quadrant pain and mild hepatomegaly. Ultrasonography revealed a liver abscess and a concurrent moving adult worm in the gall bladder. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from the liver abscess showed presence of fertilized eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides. A diagnosis of gall bladder and hepatic ascariasis was made. The patient responded well to conservative management. Ascaris-induced liver abscess with concurrent living adult worm in gall bladder has rarely been reported. Ultrasonography and FNAC are important diagnostic modalities for detection of such lesions. Conservative management appears to be the treatment of choice for hepatobiliary ascariasis. |
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