• European radiology · Jan 1999

    Case Reports

    Radiological findings of intraparenchymal liver Ascaris (hepatobiliary ascariasis).

    • D Akata, M N Ozmen, A Kaya, and O Akhan.
    • Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey.
    • Eur Radiol. 1999 Jan 1; 9 (1): 93-5.

    AbstractAscariasis is a well-known cause of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis; however, very rarely do worms penetrate and colonize the liver parenchyma. Here we present the unique radiological demonstration (US, CT and ERCP) of hepatobiliary ascariasis in which worm was first alive in the parenchyma of the liver and subsequently died and formed liver abscess.

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