Shah Omar Javed, Wani Nazir Ahmad, Dar Manzoor Ahmad, Wani Mehmood Ahmad, Khan Fayaz Ahmad
Department of Surgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Surg Today. 2002;32(1):86-8. doi: 10.1007/s595-002-8122-9.
A rare case of a 52-year-old woman with empyema of the gallbladder due to ascariasis causing an obstruction in the cystic duct is presented. She was admitted on September 20, 2000, and on September 23 an emergency cholecystectomy was performed. Ultrasonography is a highly sensitive and specific method for diagnosing gallbladder ascariasis, and a cholecystectomy is considered mandatory for the treatment of empyema of the gallbladder.
本文报告了一例罕见病例,一名52岁女性因蛔虫病导致胆囊积脓,引起胆囊管梗阻。她于2000年9月20日入院,并于9月23日进行了急诊胆囊切除术。超声检查是诊断胆囊蛔虫病的高度敏感和特异的方法,胆囊积脓的治疗认为必须进行胆囊切除术。