[Parasitic gallbladder infection].
In two cases of cholecystectomy for gall bladder calculi, the histological diagnoses were inflammation, fibrosis, and numerous calcified parasite eggs in the wall of the gall bladder, compatible with eggs from the liver fluke, which can infect humans who eat raw or undercooked fresh water fish (sushi!).
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Patologiafdelingen, H:S Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre.
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D000328:Adult; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count