Hepatic fascioliasis: report of two cases.
Two cases of hepatic fascioliasis with characteristic features in US examinations and CT scans are presented. In both modalities they show tunnel-like branching and clustered areas of low echogenicity/density, which reach subcapsular regions. These cases are presented to recall the imaging features in hepatic fascioliasis especially outside endemic regions. Not only CT but also US is able to detect these characteristic lesions, which may help to make the diagnosis of hepatic fascioliasis in patients with clinical symptoms suggestive of parasitic disease.
Andresen
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B
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospitals Basel, Switzerland.
Blum
J
J
von Weymarn
A
A
Bürge
M
M
Steinbrich
W
W
Duewell
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S
D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography