title: A case of successfully treated giardiasis in pancreas.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubokawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Migita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oogoshi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008795:Metronidazole