Retirada de fasciola hepatica da via biliar principal por coledocoscopia



Document title: Retirada de fasciola hepatica da via biliar principal por coledocoscopia
Journal: Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000283646
ISSN: 0100-6991
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Faculdade de Medicina, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 34
Number: 1
Pages: 69-71
Country: Brasil
Language: Portugués
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Caso clínico, analítico
English abstract The authors present a rare case of hepatic fascioliasis in a female patient 53-years-old, coming from the rural zone of Rio Grande do Sul, a southern State from Brazil. She has presented with biliary colic, fluctuant jaundice and eosinophilia. Abdominal ultrasound has shown a dilated biliary tree with inside heterogeneous images. At surgery we have found inside the biliary tree several Fasciola hepatica, which have been pulled out with the choledocoscope. We have proceeded with biliodigestive anastomosis using the small intestine. The patient remains asymptomatic six months after surgical procedure. Small intestine. The patient remains asymptomatic six months after surgical procedure
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Cirugía,
Gastroenterología,
Fascioliasis,
Fasciola hepatica,
Ictericia,
Colestasis
Keyword: Medicine,
Gastroenterology,
Surgery,
Jaundice,
Cholestasis,
Fasciola hepatica,
Fascioliasis
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