Title
Obstruction of kehr drain due to fasciola hepatica in a postcholecystectomized patient secondary to acute cholangitis. case report and review of literature
Date Issued
01 December 2003
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad de Chile
Abstract
This is a report of a case of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis secondary to fasciolosis in a 22 year old woman from Huaral (Lima, Peru) who had previously consumed emolientes (Emolientes are beverages made by steeping leaves of certain plants -watercress, alfalfa- or herbs in hot water). She had been ill for five days prior to admission with abdominal pain, vomiting, icterus, and anorexia. During the operation, foreign bodies were found and during the subsequent days of her hospitalization, adult forms of the trematode Fasciola hepatica were found to be obstructing the Kehr drain that had been placed intraoperatively. ERCP showed the parasites in the biliary tract. This is the second reported case of extraction of this parasite through this means. The epidemiology, radiologic findings, and diagnostic tests for infection by this parasite are discussed, with particular respect to Peru, one of the countries with the highest prevalence of infection by this parasite in the world.
Start page
152
End page
158
Volume
58
Issue
April 3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Medicina clínica
Parasitología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-55449132500
Source
Parasitologia Latinoamericana
ISSN of the container
07177712
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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