Colecistite aguda por ascaris lumbricoides
AUTOR(ES)
Rocha, Amauri Clemente da, Silva Júnior, Severino Lourenço da, Amorim, Rodrigo Fernando Lourenço de
FONTE
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2006-08
RESUMO
Biliary’s ascariasis is the most often ectopic site of this helminthiasis, but invasion of the worms into the gallbladder is quite rare. The autors report a case of a patient with clinical symptoms, compatible with cholecystitis induced by the worm, as shown by ultrasonography. Treatament was cholecystectomy and antihelmintic drug therapy with a good outcome.
