Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (Jan 2013)

Biliary fascioliasis: Management in a child using endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography

  • Sandesh V Parelkar,
  • Sanjay N Oak,
  • Amit Maydeo,
  • Beejal V Sanghvi,
  • Prashant B Joshi,
  • Nitin Chaubal,
  • Rajasekhara T Patil,
  • Subrat K Sahoo,
  • Patel Jiwan Lal,
  • Nandita Sampath,
  • Avani Koticha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.107012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 23 – 24

Abstract

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A 9-year-old boy presented with right upper abdominal pain and fever. The radiologic investigations revealed multiple cholangitic abscesses with cholangitis and worms in common bile duct. Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatographic (ERCP) sphincterotomy, basketing, ballooning and extraction of Fasciola hepatica worms from the common bile duct were done.

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