Biliary ascariasis.
We report biliary lithiasis secondary to infestation with Ascaris lumbricoides in a young man. We review the pathogenesis and clinical features of this condition and discuss the differential diagnosis.
Bain
V G
VG
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Ardao
G H
GH
Kowalewska-Grochowska
K
K
Wensel
R H
RH
Jewell
L D
LD
D000328:Adult; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male