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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallbladder ascariasis
S N Cullis1, G McLauchlan, P C Bornman
1Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case is presented of persistent gallbladder infestation by Ascaris lumbricoides that was successfully treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The management of this rare manifestation of ascariasis is reviewed.