title: [A clinical presentation of a very rare infection: parenchymal Fasciola hepatica].
abstract: Fascioliasis is primarily an infection of livestock such as cattle and sheep, caused by the flat, brown liver fluke Fasciola hepatica. Humans are accidental hosts. The diagnosis of infection depends on suspicion. Radiologic findings are specific. Usually, Computed Tomography (CT) and other imaging studies show hypodense migratory lesions of the liver. The development of a chronic liver abscess appears to be extremely rare. Here we present our case with hepatic abscess due to F. hepatica, which is a rare clinical presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kırıkkale University of Medicine, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferdane
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sapmaz
authors.forename: Ismail Hakkı
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Kalkan
authors.forename: Sefa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guliter
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nazlıoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D031223:Nasturtium / Q000469:parasitology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D000077682:Triclabendazole
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D000077682:Triclabendazole