title: A case of biliary ascariasis associated with calculi in the gall bladder and the common bile duct.
abstract: A 44-year-old lady presented with symptoms suggestive of pathology of hepatobiliary origin. Real-time sonography reveals presence of biliary ascariasis, and calculi in both the gall bladder and common bile duct. The worm and the common bile duct calculi were successfully removed endoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography