Biliary fascioliasis: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Birjawi
Ghina A
GA
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Sharara
Ala I
AI
Al-Awar
Ghassan N
GN
Tawil
Ayman N
AN
Moukaddam
Hicham
H
Khouzami
Riad A
RA
Haddad
Maurice C
MC
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