Pancreatitis Due to Ascariasis
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Recurrent pancreatitis secondary to pancreatic ascariasis.
Ascaris lumbricoides infestations are endemic in tropical countries. Ascaris lumbricoides can occasionally cause biliary obstruction and result in obstructive jaundice or pancreatitis. We present a 34-year-old Bangladeshi woman with biliary ascariasis, resulting in recurrent pancreatitis. Her diagnosis was made with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography performed during an acute attack...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1948
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4557.905-a