[The diagnosis of fascioliasis of the biliary tract by imaging].
Three patients with abdominal pain were studied and through ultrasonography, it was suspected that they had Fasciola hepatica in their gallbladder and choedochio. By using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), the presence of parasites in extrahepatic biliary passages of the cases was confirmed and then, it was taken out with a Dormia basket. It was concluded that imaging is a diagnostic means to be considered in this parasitosis.
Martínez López
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Centro de Cirugía Endoscópica, Hospital Universitario General Calixto García, El Vedado, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Ruiz Torres
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Díaz Canel Fernández
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Brizuela Quintanilla
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Pernía González
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D000328:Adult; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002765:Cholecystography; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography