title: Biliary fascioliasis: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Hepatobiliary parasitic diseases are rare in Lebanon. We recently encountered biliary fascioliasis in a Lebanese native. The clinical and laboratory findings were nonspecific. The biliary parasite (Fasciola hepatica) was identified by sonography and confirmed at ERCP that has retrieved the parasite from the common bile duct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Ghina A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Birjawi
authors.forename: Ala I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sharara
authors.forename: Ghassan N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Al-Awar
authors.forename: Ayman N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Tawil
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moukaddam
authors.forename: Riad A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Khouzami
authors.forename: Maurice C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Haddad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon / Q000453:epidemiology