Magnetic resonace appearance of gall bladder ascariasis.
Ascariasis is a common disease in many developing countries and is a common cause of biliary and pancreatic diseases in endemic areas. Numerous studies have been published on biliary tract ascariasis. All these have documented ultrasonography as the primary imaging modality for biliary tract ascariasis. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has been the latest entrant for the study of bilary tract. MRCP findings of biliary tract ascariasis have been scarcely documented. MRCP is a unique non-invasive investigation for demonstrating ascariasis in gall bladder and bilary tract clearly. We present MR appearances of gall bladder and biliary tract in a proven case of biliary ascariasis.
Departments of Surgery, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant -248140, Dehradun, India. prfarya@sancharnet.in
Prafull K
PK
Arya
Ranjan
R
Kukreti
Muktanjali
M
Arya
Sachida N
SN
Gupta
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans