Fascioliasis - A cause of obstructive jaundice: A case report

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-335

  Shah, Sayed Agha Ali ^a   Khan, Mohammad Yasin ^a   Ahmad, Jamil ^a  

^a REHMAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Fascioliasis; Gallbladder; Gallstones; Liver flukes; Obstructive jaundice

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIARY COLIC; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRURITUS; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; PALLOR; SKIN DISCOLORATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 79251583167     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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