Large number of Fasciola hepatica discovered during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Mohamed Alshekhani, Hiwa Hussein, Taha Karbuli, Kalandar Kasnazan

Kurdistan Center for Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq;.

DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2013.22048                

Abstract

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infection of herbiviores, occasionally affecting humans who ingest fresh water plants. We report a case of a young woman who presented to our center with vague abdominal discomfort & discovered on abdominal ultrasound to have gall stones & dilated common bile duct. She was scheduled for ERCP which revealed a large number of fasciola worms draining from the common bile duct to the duodenum.

Keywords

Fasiolahepatics; Obstructivejaundice; Triclabendazole

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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