title: [Clinical, histological and ultrastructural study of a case of giardiasis].
abstract: A case is described concerning an adult male whose work create a risk for infestation by Giardia. The patient had a long history of diarrhea with malabsorption which was resistant to the common therapies. Only after a EGDS examination the diagnostic possibility of infestation by parasites could be proposed; this was confirmed by means of ultrastructural examination of biopsy material. The Authors suggest that in case of inexplicable malabsorption and/or chronic diarrhea, one must always take into consideration in differential diagnosis the possibility of an infestation by Giardia especially when there is a history which could be suggestive for such an infestation (immunodeficiency, homosexuality, frequent trips to foreign countries).
authors.affiliation: Istituto di anatomia ed istologia patologica, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia di Udine.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Panizzo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rizzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andreoli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D014195:Travel
vernacular_title: Studio clinico, istologico ed ultrastrutturale di un caso di Giardiasi.