Open AccessAscaridiose des voies biliaires: à propos de 2 cas au service de chirurgie générale du centre hospital-universitaire Aristide Le Dantec et revue de la littérature
Author(s) -
Eugène GPA DIÉMÉ,
Ousmane Thiam,
Mohamadou Lamine Guèye,
Ibrahima Sall,
Alpha Oumar Touré,
M. Ogougbémy,
Mamadou Cissé,
Madieng Dieng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
batna journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2437-0665
DOI - 10.48087/bjmscr.2019.6121
Subject(s) - medicine , ascariasis , helminthiasis , asymptomatic , surgery , general surgery , helminths , pathology , immunology
Ascaris lumbricoïdes infection is a cosmopolitan helminthiasis that is endemic in tropical countries of the globe. Often asymptomatic, it is sometimes revealed by complications that make it serious. Biliary ascariasis is one of them. We report 2 cases of ascariasis of the common bile duct in the General Surgery Department of Hospital Le Dantec of Dakar (Senegal). These were two patients with hepatic colic and acute angiocholitis in whom the diagnosis was made by ultrasound. Treatment was surgical in both cases. Through these 2 cases we review the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this disease rarely described in our regions, which are however ascaridian endemic zones.