[Biliary ascariasis as complication after cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis].
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.
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Afd. Heelkunde, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede.
van Hogezand
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Huisman
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Hoogendam
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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
D008463:Mebendazole
Biliaire ascariasis als complicatie na cholecystectomie wegens cholelithiasis.