Eosinophilic cholecystitis along with pericarditis caused by Ascaris lumbricoides: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 3760-3762

  Kaji, Kosuke ^a   Yoshiji, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a   Yamazaki, Masaharu ^a   Ikenaka, Yasuhide ^a   Noguchi, Ryuichi ^a   Sawai, Masayoshi ^a   Ishikawa, Masatoshi ^a   Mashitani, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kitade, Mitsuteru ^a   Kawaratani, Hideto ^a   Uemura, Masahito ^a   Yamao, Junichi ^a   Fujimoto, Masao ^a   Mitoro, Akira ^a   Toyohara, Masahisa ^a   Yoshida, Motoyuki ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Ascaris; Cholecystitis; Eosinophilia; Parasite; Pericardititis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BILE SECRETION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; URTICARIA;

EID: 34547617038     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3760     Document Type: Article

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