BILIARY HELMINTHIASIS: ENDOSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Authors

1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566

2 Department of Biology, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia

3 Consultant of Tropical Medicine and Fever

Abstract

Helminthes are a common cause of biliary obstruction in tropical countries and lead to complications
as cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma. This may require surgical or endoscopic intervention.
Hepatic and extra-hepatic biliary tree infections occur most commonly by Ascaris lumbricoides,
Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis felineus, and Fasciola hepatica. Other hepatobiliary
parasites include O. viverrini, Fasciola gigantica, and Dicrocoelium dendriticum

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