Gönen Korcan Aysun, Mete Rafet
Department of Radiology, State Hospital, Tekirdağ.
Turk J Gastroenterol. 2010 Dec;21(4):454-7. doi: 10.4318/tjg.2010.0137.
Due to the anatomical characteristics of the biliary tract, Ascaris lumbricoides rarely settles in the gallbladder, which makes biliary ascariasis a rare clinical condition. Ultrasonography plays a significant and practical role in the diagnosis and follow-up of suspected cases of biliary ascariasis. The 15-year-old case presented herein had been complaining of abdominal pain and dyspepsia for three months, and the clinical and laboratory findings for the patient indicated acute abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography showed worms consistent with Ascaris inside a normal-sized gallbladder, dilated choledochus and the pancreatic duct. We started antiparasitic treatment in the patient, with cholangitis and pancreatitis diagnoses. Post-treatment follow-up ultrasonography showed a normal gallbladder, choledochus and pancreatic duct.
由于胆道的解剖学特征,蛔虫很少寄生于胆囊,这使得胆道蛔虫病成为一种罕见的临床病症。超声检查在疑似胆道蛔虫病病例的诊断及随访中发挥着重要且实用的作用。本文所呈现的这位15岁患者已持续三个月诉说腹痛及消化不良,其临床及实验室检查结果提示急腹症。腹部超声检查显示,在正常大小的胆囊、扩张的胆总管及胰管内有符合蛔虫特征的虫体。我们对该患者进行了抗寄生虫治疗,并诊断为胆管炎和胰腺炎。治疗后的随访超声检查显示胆囊、胆总管及胰管均正常。