title: Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients.
abstract: Fascioliasis, an uncommon liver disease in children, is caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica. Its clinical and laboratory findings may mimic several disorders of the liver, including malignancies. Diagnosis is usually made by demonstrating the presence of the parasite in liver tissue or the stool, or by serology, but many children are diagnosed incidentally. Described here are the clinical, laboratory and radiological features of five pediatric fascioliasis cases with different clinical pictures presenting over a period of five years, all of whom were successfully cured with oral triclabendazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. dredakaradag@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karadağ-Öncel
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozsürekçi
authors.forename: Aslınur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkaya-Parlakay
authors.forename: Melda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Ali Bülent
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloğlu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceyhan
authors.forename: Ateş
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D000077682:Triclabendazole; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D000077682:Triclabendazole