Ascariasis is the most common helminthic infection, but the invasion of worms into the gallbladder is quite rare. This report illustrates the ultrasonographic findings in gallbladder ascariasis of a typical echogenic structure which exhibits nondirectional movements and contains a central anechoic t
Ascariasis of the gallbladder
β Scribed by K. Q. Nguyen; J.-C. Hoeffel; N. I. Phi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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