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Volume 12 Issue 3 ( July-September ) 2023

Case Reports

GB ASCARIASIS: A RARE CASE REPORT
Dr. Karanbir Singh, Dr. Navdeep Singh Saini

Ascaris Lumbricoides uncommonly presents as a cholecystitis due to anatomical considerations. Despite that, it presents in 2.1% of the hepatobiliary ascariasis. Patients usually have vague symptoms of abdominal pain sometimes with fever, mimicking cholecystitis. Ultrasonography (USG) helps in initial diagnosis. We present a case of 50 years old female with gallbladder ascariasis for which cholecystectomy was done successfully.

 
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