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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2016; 22(33): 7507-7517
Published online Sep 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i33.7507
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic ascariasis
Mohammad S Khuroo, Ajaz A Rather, Naira S Khuroo, Mehnaaz S Khuroo
Mohammad S Khuroo, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir 190010, India
Mohammad S Khuroo, Digestive Diseases Centre, Dr. Khuroo’s medical Clinic, Srinagar, Kashmir 190010, India
Ajaz A Rather, Department of Surgery, SKIMS Medical College and Hospital, Bemina, Srinagar, Kashmir 190010, India
Naira S Khuroo, Consultant Radiology, Digestive Diseases Centre, Dr. Khuroo’s Medical Clinic, Srinagar, Kashmir 190010, India
Mehnaaz S Khuroo, Department of Pathology, Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir 190001, India
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally; Rather AA, Khuroo NS and Khuroo MS made literature search; Khuroo NS conducted the radiological studies and critically reviewed the images; Khuroo MS and Khuroo NS wrote the paper; all authors read the paper and made necessary corrections.
Supported by Dr. Khuroo’s Medical Trust, a nonprofit organization which supports academic activities, disseminates medical education and helps poor patients for medical treatment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Mohammad S Khuroo, Director, Digestive Diseases Centre, Dr. Khuroo’s Medical Clinic, Sector 1, SK Colony, Qamarwari, Srinagar, Kashmir 190010, India. khuroo@yahoo.com
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Received: March 29, 2016
Peer-review started: March 30, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: June 15, 2016
Accepted: July 20, 2016
Article in press: July 21, 2016
Published online: September 7, 2016
Core Tip

Core tip:Ascaris lumbricoides infects more than 1.4 billion people throughout the world. The impact of diseases caused by the parasite had been underestimated. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic ascariasis (HPA) as a clinical entity came in to limelight of late with developments in biliary imaging. Now the disease is recognized as major health problem in endemic regions of the world. However, clinicians all over the world need to be aware of HPA as the disease can be seen in nonendemic areas in migrant population. This article shall focus on the impact of HPA in healthcare in endemic zones and highlight the diagnosis and management options.