BILIARY ASCARIASIS

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  • M.A. Taher Nuclear Medicine Center Post box No.-16 Rangpur, Bangladesh

Abstract

Roundworm is acommon problem in Bangladesh, but biliary ascariasis is a rare phenomenon. Recently we found two cases of acute epigastric pain and roundworms were seen in the gallbladder on ultrasonographic examinations.

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2023-04-13

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Taher M. BILIARY ASCARIASIS. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 13 [cited 2025 Jan. 31];7(1):27-8. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/549

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2001): January-April

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