title: Opisthorchis viverrini eggs and adult flukes as nidus and composition of gallstones.
abstract: Three cases of opisthorchiasis with calculous cholecystitis was presented. The diagnosis of gallstones was made before praziquantel therapy in 2 cases, and 4 years after treatment in one case. The patients underwent cholecystectomy. Numerous O. viverrini eggs and one dead fluke were found in the bile in one case. A single stone was recovered from each gallbladder. All stones contained O. viverrini eggs. Fragments of flukes were also present in two cases. The stones consisted of a mixture of bilirubin pigment and calcium salts.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riganti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pungpak
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sachakul
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bunnag
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harinasuta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009889:Opisthorchiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009891:Opisthorchis / Q000254:growth & development*; D013785:Thailand