Case Report - Magnetic resonace appearance of Gall Bladder Ascariasis

Ascariasis is a common disease in many developing countries and is a common cause of biliary and pancreatic diseases in endemic areas. Numerous studies have been published on biliary tract ascariasis. All these have documented ultrasonography as the primary imaging modality for biliary tract ascaria...

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Published inIndian journal of medical sciences Vol. 59; no. 5
Main Author Arya Prafull K., Kukreti Ranjan, Arya Muktanjali, Gupta Sachida N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Medical Sciences Trust 20.07.2005
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Gall Bladder, Biliary Tract, Ascariasis, MRCP
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Summary:Ascariasis is a common disease in many developing countries and is a common cause of biliary and pancreatic diseases in endemic areas. Numerous studies have been published on biliary tract ascariasis. All these have documented ultrasonography as the primary imaging modality for biliary tract ascariasis. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has been the latest entrant for the study of bilary tract. MRCP findings of biliary tract ascariasis have been scarcely documented. MRCP is a unique non-invasive investigation for demonstrating ascariasis in Gall bladder and bilary tract clearly. We present MR appearances of Gall bladder and biliary tract in a proven case of biliary ascariasis.
ISSN:0019-5359