We report on the specific anatomical and clinical features of hepato-cholecal biliary lithiasis in Vietnam. Ascarid migration into the biliary tract is the cause of gallstone formation, biliary tract infestation aggravated by suppurative angiocholitis, complicated by angiocholitic abscesses, tropical haemobilia, acute oedematous pancreatitis and endotoxic shock with a very severe prognosis.

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Pham Van Phuc, Doctor of Medicine, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Hanoi: VietNam. Professor at Professor Ton That Tung's Surgical Clinic, Director of Yersin Hospital (Viet-Duc Hospital - Hanoi). Head of the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery Department. Postgraduate teaching.