| Biliary fascioliasis - an uncommon cause of recurrent biliary colics: Report of a case and brief review. | |
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PMID: 22566787 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Biliary parasitosis is one of the important causes of biliary obstruction in endemic areas, however due to migration and travel the disease is known to occur in non endemic zones as well. The spectrum of biliary fascioliasis ranges from recurrent biliary colics to acute cholangitis. The long term complications are gall stones, sclerosing cholangitis and biliary cirrhosis. We describe fascioliasis as a cause of recurrent biliary colics in a young male necessitating multiple hospitalizations over a period of four years. Investigative profile had been non-contributory every time he was hospitalized for his abdominal pain prior to the current presentation. He never had cholangitis due to the worm in the common bile duct. It was only at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) biliary fascioliasis was discovered to be the cause of his recurrent biliary colics. After removal of the live Fasciola hepatica from the common bile duct he became symptom free and is attending our clinic for last 11 months now. Clinical spectrum of biliary fascioliasis is discussed in this report. |
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Hesham Al Qurashi; Ibrahim Masoodi; Mohammad Al Sofiyani; Hisham Al Musharaf; Mohammed Shaqhan; Gamal Nasr Ahmed Abdel All |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2012-05-02 |
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Title: German medical science : GMS e-journal Volume: 10 ISSN: 1612-3174 ISO Abbreviation: Ger Med Sci Publication Date: 2012 |
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Created Date: 2012-05-08 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101227686 Medline TA: Ger Med Sci Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: Doc10 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia. |
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