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Liver, spleen, pancreas and kidney involvement by human fascioliasis: imaging findings
- Source :
- BMC Gastroenterology, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 15 (2004), BMC Gastroenterology
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2004.
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Abstract
- Background Fasciola hepatica primarily involves the liver, however in some exceptional situations other organs have been reported to be involved. The ectopic involvement is either a result of Parasite migration or perhaps eosinophilic reaction. Case presentation Here we report a known case of multiple myeloma who was under treatment with prednisolone and melphalan. He was infected by Fasciola hepatica, which involved many organs and the lesions were mistaken with metastatic ones. Discussion Presented here is a very unusual case of the disease, likely the first case involving the pancreas, spleen, and kidney, as well as the liver.
- Subjects :
- Male
Fascioliasis
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Case Report
Spleen
Kidney
Diagnosis, Differential
Internal medicine
parasitic diseases
Eosinophilic
Animals
Humans
Medicine
Fasciola hepatica
Eosinophilia
lcsh:RC799-869
Pancreas
Ultrasonography
biology
business.industry
Gastroenterology
imaging
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Hepatology
biology.organism_classification
medicine.anatomical_structure
Liver
Human fascioliasis
lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
medicine.symptom
Multiple Myeloma
business
eosinophilia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1471230X
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....95da67c7c87759950752594a3b97757c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-230x-4-15