Successful Management of Biliary Ascariasis in a High-Endemic Zone and Low-Resource Setting in Ethiopia

Table 1

Laboratory investigations of the patient.

Investigation	Result	Reference range
Hb (g/dl)	13.4	11.0–17.5
MCV (fl)	83.9	79–94.8
MCH (pg)	30.4	25.6–32.2
MCHC (g/dl)	36.2	32.2–36.5
RBC (×10^6/µl)	4.41	3.93–6.08
WBC (×10^3/µl)	16.31	3.98–10.04
DLC (%)	N 89	N 34–71.1
	L 7.4	L 19.3–53.1
Platelet (×10^3/µl)	231	150–450
Liver function test
Total serum bilirubin (mg/dl)	5.1	0.3–1.3
Direct bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.46	0.1–0.4
AST (IU/l)	92	12–38
ALT (IU/l)	106	7–41
ALP (IU/l)	57	44–147
AST/ALT	0.87

Hb = hemoglobin concentration; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; MCH = mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC = mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RBC = red blood cell; WBC = white blood cell; DLC = differential leucocyte count; AST = aspartate transferase; ALT = alanine transaminase; ALP = alkaline phosphatase.