title: [Intrahepatic ascaridiasis. Report of a case].
abstract: Adult ascariasis is rarely seen outside of gastrointestinal lummen but occasionally there are migration to extrahepatic bile ducts with production of obstructive jaundice and cholangitis. A patient with a six years of intermittent cholangitis is was seen, we found the adult worm in the left hepatic duct requiring hepatic resection. Definitive diagnosis was done by histopathology; surgical findings and a previous ERCP were not conclusive.
authors.affiliation: Depto. de Cirugía, Hospital General, Dr. Manuel Gea González, México, D.F.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de la Concha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Ascaridiasis intrahepática. Reporte de un caso.