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It is a prospective study was done in the department of surgery of Sher-E-Bangla Medical College hospital from September 2004 to June 2005. Twenty cases selected for the study. Among 20 cases 16 is female & 4 is male. The age range of the patient was between 20 years to 65 years. Ultrasonography is the main tool of diagnosis. ERCP is not available in this regional hospital. CT scan not done because it is expensive for the poor patient who are the mainly the subject in this study. Eighty percent (16) of the cases present with recurrent upper abdominal pain. Thirty percent (6) with acute Cholecystitis, 25% (5) with obstructive jaundice, 25% (5) with Cholangitis 5% (1) with mild pancreatitis, 5% (1) with perforation of hollow viscus and 5% (1) with hepatolithiasis. Seventy percent (14) of the cases treated conservatively 25% (5) cases have under gone routine elective operation and 5% (1) cases have under gone emergency operation. Females are the common victims (M:F-1:4). Provision of safe drinking water, regular deworming and improvement of personal hygiene can largely reduces the dreadful consequences due to infestation by worm.
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PMID:Varied presentation of biliary ascariasis and its consequences. 1687 95

In patients with acute right-sided epigastric pain, jaundice, and a high fever, it is essential to accurately diagnose the cause of the symptoms, differentiate acute biliary disorders from nonbiliary disorders, and evaluate the severity of the disease. Gray-scale ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) are useful primary imaging modalities, but their results are not always conclusive. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, including MR cholangiopancreatography, can be a valuable complement to US and CT when additional information is needed. MR images have excellent tissue contrast and can provide more specific information, allowing diagnosis of complications that arise from acute cholecystitis, such as empyema, gangrenous cholecystitis, gallbladder perforation, enterocholecystic fistula, emphysematous cholecystitis, and hemorrhagic cholecystitis. In addition, causes of obstructive jaundice, acute suppurative cholangitis, and hemobilia can be clearly demonstrated with multisequence MR imaging. Single-section MR cholangiopancreatography and heavily T2-weighted imaging, in combination with fat-suppressed T1- and T2-weighted imaging, provide comprehensive and detailed information about the biliary system around the obstruction site, biliary calculi, inflammatory processes, purulent material, abscesses, gas, and hemorrhage. Contrast-enhanced MR imaging is useful for evaluation of the gallbladder wall; lack of enhancement and disruption of the wall may be findings specific for gangrenous cholecystitis and gallbladder perforation, respectively.
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PMID:MR imaging of acute biliary disorders. 1737 64

Here we report a case of acalculus cholecystitis, which presented with features of obstructive jaundice of one-week duration. The patient underwent cholecystectomy and bile grew a mixed culture of Oerskovia turbata and Myroides spp. Being a rare isolate, characteristic features of the former are described in this report. The patient recovered without any complication.
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PMID:Oerskovia turbata and Myroides species: rare isolates from a case of acalculus cholecystitis. 1790 58

Opisthorchiasis caused by Opisthorchis viverrini remains a major public health problem in many parts of Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Cambodia. The infection is associated with a number of hepatobiliary diseases, including cholangitis, obstructive jaundice, hepatomegaly, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. Multi-factorial etiology of cholangiocarcinoma, mechanical damage, parasite secretions, and immunopathology may enhance cholangiocarcinogenesis. Moreover, both experimental and epidemiological evidences strongly implicate liver fluke infection as the major risk factor in cholangiocarcinoma, cancer of the bile ducts. The liver fluke infection is induced by eating raw or uncooked fish products that is the tradition and popular in the northeastern and northern region, particularly in rural areas, of Thailand. The health education programs to prevent and control opisthorchiasis are still required in the high-risk areas.
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PMID:Opisthorchis viverrini: the carcinogenic human liver fluke. 1820 54

The study was undertaken to determine the serum lipid profile in patients with obstructive jaundice (OJ) of various genesis versus those with chronic viral hepatitis B (CVHB). The serum lipid profile was studied in 50 patients with OJ whose cause was cancer diseases and calculous cholecystitis in 20 and 30 patients, respectively. Thirty patients with CVHB were examined as a control group. In patients with OJ, the relative serum content of phospholipids was found to be twice less than that in patients with CVHB. In patients with OJ, hyperlipemia was mainly caused by free cholesterol or cholesterol esters. As compared with the patients with calculous cholecystitis and CVHB, the patients with cancer diseases had low sphingomyelin levels; this fact may be used as an additional measure in detecting OJ of cancer genesis.
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PMID:[Serum lipid spectrum in patients with obstructive jaundice]. 1822 56

The human infestation caused by Fasciola hepatica is a rare zoonosis, with an incidence of about 10 cases/year in Italy. We report a case of cholecystitis and obstructive jaundice in a patient affected by fascioliasis in which the diagnosis was secondary to the extraction of viable flukes from the bile duct during ERCP. The endoscopic examination permits, in addition to a rapid, correct diagnosis, direct clearance of the bile ducts. Oral drug therapy, when carried out following the endoscopic treatment, is aimed at killing any flukes potentially evading mechanical clearance. The healing achieved is confirmed by normalisation of antibody levels 6-12 months after therapy. Cholecystectomy is indicated and appropriate for the frequent occurrence of biliary colic related to acute and chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, induced by the presence of the flukes. Infestation by Fasciola hepatica has to be considered among the differential diagnoses of obstructive jaundice. ERCP plays a major diagnostic and therapeutic role, and cholecystectomy, considering the pathogenetic effects of flukes on the organ, is mandatory.
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PMID:[A rare case of obstructive jaundice and cholecystitis in hepatic fascioliasis in Italy]. 1836 Sep 99

Opisthorchiasis caused by Opisthorchis viverrini (O. viverrini) remains a major public health problem in many parts of Southeast Asia including Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Cambodia. The infection is associated with a number of hepatobiliary diseases, including cholangitis, obstructive jaundice, hepatomegaly, cholecystitis, chole-lithiasis and cholangiocarcinoma. The liver fluke infection was induced by eating raw or uncooked fish products that is the tradition and popular in the northeastern and northern region, particularly in rural areas of Thailand. Health education programs to prevent and control opisthorchiasis are still required in high-risk areas.
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PMID:Opisthorchiasis in Thailand: review and current status. 1841 53

Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP) is the procedure of choice for biliary decompression in individuals with obstructive jaundice. In those cases when ERCP fails, the alternatives are to refer the case to a highly specialized center and repeat the procedure, or decompress the bile ducts either percutaneously or surgically. The proximity of the endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) probe from the stomach and duodenum to the hepatobiliar system and pancreas allows ultrasound-guided access into the bile and pancreatic duct. We present what to our knowledge is the first description in Mexico of a therapeutic interventional EUS guided cholangiography in a patient with cholecystitis and choledocolithiasis in whom initial ERCP failed to decompress de bile duct.
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PMID:Interventional EUS guided cholangiography. First description in Mexico of a novel, secure and feasible technique. A case report. 1966 52

Invasion of the Ascaris worm into the biliary system leads to a wide variety of clinical syndromes. Most of the descriptions of the disease have originated from the developing world, where due to the environmental factors there is a high level of parasitism. An increased incidence of biliary ascariasis borne out of population migration and increased facilities for diagnosis has led to a renewal of interest in this disease in the developed world. Significant morbidity and mortality is associated with the concomitant complications, and early diagnosis and management is of utmost importance. Common disease presentations include biliary colic, obstructive jaundice, acalculous cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, pancreatitis, and cholangitis. Although with a potential for serious mortality, pancreatitis, and cholangiocarcinoma constitute relatively less common threats. Recent advances in endoscopy have shifted the attention of this disease from the surgeon to the gastroenterologist and a consensus of opinion is arising for early intervention. We present here a patient with biliary ascariasis managed endoscopically and review the epidemiology, prevalence, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of this disease.
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PMID:Biliary ascariasis: report of a complicated case and literature review. 1985 9

Obstructive jaundice and photosensitization occurred in a 9-month-old lamb as a sequela to a diaphragmatic hernia. A loop of proximal duodenum was displaced, resulting in occlusion of the common bile duct, cholecystitis and necrotizing hepatitis.
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PMID:Obstructive jaundice and photosensitization in a lamb secondary to diaphragmatic hernia. 1995 78


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