Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle

Biliary ascariasis is a rare disease in a non-endemic area. However, it is one of the possible etiological factors for retarded growth as well as malnutrition in children. It may cause intestinal obstruction, appendicitis, biliary obstruction, liver abscess, hepatolithiasis, and pancreatitis in adul...

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Autores principales: Nurfariza Che Husin, Ikhwan Sani Mohamad, Ho Kah Yee, Soh Jien Yen, Syed Hassan Syed Aziz, Zaidi Zakaria
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1b09c263dcb0405ead3384b73d508a612021-12-04T07:18:51ZBiliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle10.51866/cr10781985-2274https://doaj.org/article/1b09c263dcb0405ead3384b73d508a612021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/v16n2-CR-Biliary-ascariasis.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1985-2274Biliary ascariasis is a rare disease in a non-endemic area. However, it is one of the possible etiological factors for retarded growth as well as malnutrition in children. It may cause intestinal obstruction, appendicitis, biliary obstruction, liver abscess, hepatolithiasis, and pancreatitis in adults. Herein, we report a patient with ascending cholangitis secondary to biliary ascariasis who was successfully managed with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreaticography.Nurfariza Che HusinIkhwan Sani MohamadHo Kah YeeSoh Jien YenSyed Hassan Syed AzizZaidi ZakariaAcademy of Family Physicians of MalaysiaarticlebiliaryascariasischolangitisercpMedicineRENMalaysian Family Physician, Vol 16, Iss 2, Pp 83-85 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
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topic biliary
ascariasis
cholangitis
ercp
Medicine
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spellingShingle biliary
ascariasis
cholangitis
ercp
Medicine
R
Nurfariza Che Husin
Ikhwan Sani Mohamad
Ho Kah Yee
Soh Jien Yen
Syed Hassan Syed Aziz
Zaidi Zakaria
Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle
description Biliary ascariasis is a rare disease in a non-endemic area. However, it is one of the possible etiological factors for retarded growth as well as malnutrition in children. It may cause intestinal obstruction, appendicitis, biliary obstruction, liver abscess, hepatolithiasis, and pancreatitis in adults. Herein, we report a patient with ascending cholangitis secondary to biliary ascariasis who was successfully managed with Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreaticography.
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author Nurfariza Che Husin
Ikhwan Sani Mohamad
Ho Kah Yee
Soh Jien Yen
Syed Hassan Syed Aziz
Zaidi Zakaria
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Ikhwan Sani Mohamad
Ho Kah Yee
Soh Jien Yen
Syed Hassan Syed Aziz
Zaidi Zakaria
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title Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle
title_short Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle
title_full Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle
title_fullStr Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle
title_full_unstemmed Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle
title_sort biliary ascariasis – a vicious cycle
publisher Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/1b09c263dcb0405ead3384b73d508a61
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