BMJ · 1950 · 10 citations · 0 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesInternal MedicineGastroenterologyGeneral PathologyHepatologyBiliary Tract DiseaseHepatic PathologyHepatobiliary DiseaseHepatobiliary PathologyHepatobiliary SurgeryLiver DiseaseBile Duct DiseaseBile Duct SurgeryEpigastric Pain SyndromeHepatic Fluke InfectionLiver Fluke Infections
Liver-fluke infestation in man has been recorded in fewer than 50 cases in Europe (Stitt, Clough, and Clough, 1939), and in only two reported cases has a liver fluke been surgically removed from a common bile duct. We have therefore thought it worth while to report three cases in which the liver fluke was found in the common bile duct at operation. Two of these occurred in Bath and one in Plymouth, and all within the last decade.