Open AccessBiliary fascioliasis: Management in a child using endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography
Author(s) -
Sandesh Parelkar,
Sanjay Oak,
Amit Maydeo,
Beejal Sanghvi,
Prashant Joshi,
Nitin Chaubal,
Rajasekhara T Patil,
Subrat Kumar Sahoo,
Patel Jiwan Lal,
Nandita Sampath,
Avani Koticha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.107012
Subject(s) - medicine , fasciola hepatica , common bile duct , abdominal pain , cholangiography , general surgery , gastroenterology , surgery , radiology , helminths , immunology
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.