title: MRCP findings of biliary ascariasis before and after medical treatment.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman presented with the complaints of abdominal pain on right upper quadrant, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and loss of appetite. Her physical exam was unremarkable except for right upper quadrant tenderness. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a tubular, mobile, non-shadowing echogenic structure within the slightly dilated common bile duct. Examination of feces for ova suggested the diagnosis of ascariasis. In this report, ultrasonographic and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatographic findings of the case are described before and after medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34300 Istanbul, Turkey. iadaletli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adaletli
authors.forename: Doğan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Selçuk
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gülşen
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savaş
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Korman
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D001200:Ascaris / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance / Q000379:methods*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole