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Case Reports
. 1996 Sep-Dec;16(3):258-63.

[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and sphincterotomy in parasitic diseases]

[Article in Spanish]
A Machado  1 , A Lozano, M Astete, J Watanabe, J Miyagui, H Velásquez, M Villena
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  • PMID: 12165792
Case Reports

[Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and sphincterotomy in parasitic diseases]

[Article in Spanish]
A Machado et al. Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 1996 Sep-Dec.

Abstract

We report six patients with billary duct obstruction due to parasites (Fasciola hepatica, ascariasis and hydatid cyst) that were diagnosed and managed with the endoscopic approach. This is the first national paper which highlights the importance of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the management of this parasitosis. Despite choledocholithiasis as the most common cause of extrahepatic jaundice, biliary tree parasitosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis.

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