title: [Biliary ascariasis as complication after cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis].
abstract: A case history of a 39-year-old Turkish female with gallstones is described. Cholecystectomy and choledochotomy were performed. In the postoperative period, the patients was found to have an Ascaris lumbricoides infection. The epidemiology, complications and diagnostics are briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Heelkunde, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Smits
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: van Hogezand
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Hoogendam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D008463:Mebendazole
vernacular_title: Biliaire ascariasis als complicatie na cholecystectomie wegens cholelithiasis.