Unveiling the rare: biliary tract ascariasis complicated by liver abscess and haemothorax
Ayesha Jamal, Rand AlSari, Shyma Haidar, Ayesha Shaikh, Husna Irfan Thalib, Omran Shrebaty, Sariya Khan, Carlos Enrique Garcia Franco, Raniah Rashed Alsubhi, Rothana Alnahari · 2026
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Description
Ayesha Jamal and co-authors present a case report from 2026 on a worm infection of the bile ducts with two serious complications. The worm is a large roundworm that commonly infects the gut in poorer countries. It rarely climbs into the bile ducts, where it can block flow and mimic gallbladder disease.
Their patient was a 43 year old Saudi man with pain in the upper right belly, first read as gallbladder inflammation. Scans showed tube like shapes in the bile tree that fit worms, plus an abscess in the liver. He was treated with a worm drug, drainage of the abscess, and a scope procedure to pull the worms out. The drain then caused bleeding into the chest, which needed chest surgery. Care from several teams brought him through.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ayesha Jamal, Rand AlSari, Shyma Haidar, Ayesha Shaikh, Husna Irfan Thalib, Omran Shrebaty, Sariya Khan, Carlos Enrique Garcia Franco, Raniah Rashed Alsubhi, Rothana Alnahari |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |