A case of successfully treated giardiasis in pancreas.
We report a case of giardiasis in the pancreas in a patient with diabetes mellitus. The patient is interesting in the following: 1) Giardia lamblia was found only in the pancreas and not in the gall bladder by cytology on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) and by cerulein-secretin test (CST). 2) ERCP revealed multiple small cysts scattered throughout the pancreas. 3) Decreased pancreatic exocrine function was recovered by treatment with metronidazole.
Miyahara
T
T
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kubokawa
M
M
Koyanagi
S
S
Migita
Y
Y
Oogoshi
K
K
Sakai
H
H
Ito
T
T
Nakano
I
I
Nawata
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008795:Metronidazole