• Tropical doctor · Oct 2010

    Case Reports

    Hepato-pancreatic ascariasis.

    • Uptal De, M Mukherjee, S Das, and Rupesh Kumar.
    • Medical College, Kolkata - Surgery, Kolkata, India. utpalde@vsnl.net
    • Trop Doct. 2010 Oct 1; 40 (4): 227-9.

    AbstractIntestinal infestation of humans by Ascaris lumbricoides is endemic in India. The usual habitat of the adult worm is the jejunum. Hepatopancreatic ascariasis (HPA) is designated to a rare group of diseases caused by lodgement of adult worms in the bile or pancreatic ducts. This short report illustrates four rare cases of patients with HPA.

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