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- Title
Biliary Ascariasis in a Pediatric Patient in Lithuania: Case Report and Literature Review.
- Authors
Rokaitė, Rūta; Dženkaitis, Mindaugas; Nedzinskaitė, Melita; Kučinskienė, Rūta
- Abstract
Hepatobiliary ascariasis is caused by the entry of the nematode A. lumbricoides from the duodenum into the biliary duct. We report a case of an Ascaris-induced extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction in a pediatric patient admitted to the hospital due to a wide spectrum of symptoms of biliary disease, which included abdominal pain in the upper abdominal quadrants, vomiting, and jaundice. Imaging tests—including ultrasound, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)—were performed to confirm the diagnosis of biliary ascariasis. The tests did, in fact, demonstrate signs of this disease. Nevertheless, during the ERCP, only the remains of Ascaris parasites in the form of tissue fragments were extracted. We also aim to discuss the prevalence of ascariasis in children, the causes of migration of Ascaris parasites into the bile ducts, together with its clinical manifestations, as well as the diagnostic and treatment methods of this disease.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; CHILD patients; LITERATURE reviews; BILIARY tract; ENDOSCOPIC retrograde cholangiopancreatography; BILE ducts; CHOLANGITIS; NEMATODE infections
- Publication
Medicina (1010660X), 2024, Vol 60, Issue 6, p916
- ISSN
1010-660X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/medicina60060916