Biliary ascariasis after cholecystectomy and papillotomy in a non-endemic area

Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
S KöppenA Dormann

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with nausea and vomiting. Four years earlier she had undergone cholecystectomy and papillotomy. Laboratory examination showed a slight increase of aspartate and alanine aminotransferase, glutamyl transpeptidase, and moderate eosinophilia. Ultrasound revealed an elongated echogenic structure within the common bile duct. At endoscopic cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) a 23 cm-long Ascaris lumbricoides was found. The worm was removed endoscopically with forceps. Antihelmintic therapy with mebendazole was given. After that the patient was well and laboratory findings were normal. Biliary ascariasis should also be considered in a non-endemic area. Previous cholecystectomy and papillotomy are predisposing factors. In our case ERCP was the diagnostic and therapeutic method of choice.

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Nov 24, 2006·BMC Gastroenterology·Clemens SchafmayerJochen Hampe

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