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Query: UMLS:C0017536 (
giardiasis
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 72-year-old man was referred to our hospital for suspected
gallbladder cancer
. We performed cholecystectomy with liver bed resection and lymph node dissection. Intraoperative cytological examination of the bile juice revealed some trophozoites of Giardia lamblia, and pathological examination revealed
gallbladder cancer
. Therefore, we diagnosed
giardiasis
associated with
gallbladder cancer
. We administered 750 mg per day metronidazole for 10 days. The patient was a farmer by occupation and used animal manure for agricultural purposes; he also consumed his own harvest, which was recognized as the infection route for his
giardiasis
. We reviewed the literature and found very few cases of
giardiasis
associated with
gallbladder cancer
.
...
PMID:[A rare case of gallbladder cancer with giardiasis]. 2130 33
