Hepatic distomatosis and Biliary Lithiasis

For the first time we have observed a case in which the hepatic fasciola or distoma was found as if it were a foreign body in the lumen of the common bile duct. The finding was accidental. It was due to the systematic probing or exploration of the common bile duct. In our environment it is observed...

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Main Author: Bertola, Vicente J.
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 1944
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REUNC/article/view/10909
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Summary:For the first time we have observed a case in which the hepatic fasciola or distoma was found as if it were a foreign body in the lumen of the common bile duct. The finding was accidental. It was due to the systematic probing or exploration of the common bile duct. In our environment it is observed very sporadically. Exploration of the common bile duct, whether instrumental or by operative cholangiography, will always give us the key to these foreign bodies that obstruct the caliber of the duct or obstruct its lumen.