Journal of Global Infectious Diseases (Jan 2009)

Biliary ascariasis on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

  • Mohammad A Hashmi,
  • Jevan K De

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-777x.56248
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 144 – 145

Abstract

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A 17-year-old girl presented with features of biliary obstruction. Magnetic resonance cholangi-pancreatography revealed typical linear signals in common bile duct, which appears like Ascaris lumbricoides. The diagnosis was confirmed by endoscopic removal of the worm.

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