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Case reports of 32 patients with lambliasis induced cholecystitis, treated in the surgical clinic for a 28-year period, are analysed. The clinical data allow establishing the differential diagnosis between cholecystitis attack induced by the presence of Lamblia in bile ducts and an attack induced by the presence of concretions in the gallbladder. It is the authors' opinion that the complex exploration of patients should be carried out. A carefully selected anamnesis, data of multiple duodenal sounding and coprologic studies serve as a valuable adjunct in establishing the correct diagnosis and therapeutic tactics.
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PMID:[Lamblia-induced cholecystitis]. 99 6

Giardia intestinalis is a common parasite in our country and the rest of the world and is responsible for several clinical disturbances that include dysentery type diarrheas, recurrent abdominal pain, duodenitis, jejunitis, cholecystitis and in some cases toxemias and convulsions. In this paper we review recent concepts of intestinal giardiasis, considering the basic aspects of the biology and physiology of Giardia intestinalis, its morphology and its relationship the parasite pathogenicity. We detail the physiopathological mechanisms responsible for the different clinic manifestations of giardiasis, the specific laboratory and endoscopic methods of diagnosis and the most recent advances in the treatment and prophylaxis of this disease.
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PMID:[Intestinal giardiasis. Mini-review]. 1210 26

We report a case of a 70-year-old man with acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by Giardia lamblia. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed distention of the gallbladder due to a pericholecystic abscess without gallstones. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and drip infusion cholecystocholangiography-CT demonstrated a stricture of the hilar bile duct and cystic duct obstruction. We conducted transpapillary bile duct brush cytology and a biopsy of the hilar bile duct stricture; numerous active trophozoites of Giardia lamblia were observed without malignant findings. We considered this bile duct lesion to be biliary giardiasis. Biliary giardiasis should be taken into consideration when diagnosing acute acalculous cholecystitis.
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PMID:Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Caused by Giardia lamblia. 2867 53