Acute granulomatous schistosomal cholecystitis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1001-1003

  Sharara, Ala I ^a   Abi Saad, George ^a   Haddad, Maurice ^a   Mansour, Amira ^a   Tawil, Ayman ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Biliary; Gallbladder; Infection; Keywords; Parasites

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0034886142     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200108000-00025     Document Type: Article

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