Massive infestation by Ascaris lumbricoides of the biliary tract: report of a successfully treated case Infestação maciça por Ascaris lumbricoides nas vias biliares: relato de um caso tratado com sucesso

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Dahir Ramos de Andrade Júnior, José Abi Karam, Maria do Patrocínio Tenório Nunes Warth, Alexandre Frederico de Marca, José Jukemura, Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado, Antonino dos Santos Rocha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1992
• Subjects: Biliary ascariasis; massive infestation; cholangitis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000100012; https://doaj.org/article/99ed2dc46e254aa4a5637a18aed97ff5

This is a report of a 25 years old black woman from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, who developed acute obstructive cholangitis of Ascaris lumbricoides with septicemia and multiple hepatic abscesses. The patient had sickle cell trait and normal delivery 3 months ago. Massive infestation of the biliar...