title: Capillaria hepatica infection: a rare differential for peripheral eosinophilia and an imaging dilemma for abdominal lymphadenopathy.
abstract: Capillaria hepatica which accidentally infects humans is a zoonotic parasite of mammalian liver, primarily rodents and causes hepatic capillariasis. The diagnosis is difficult because of the non-specific nature of clinical symptoms, leading to misdiagnosis and can be confirmed only through liver biopsy or on autopsy results. This paper is written with an objective to report a new case of hepatic capillariasis as a rare differential for peripheral eosinophilia and an imaging dilemma for abdominal lymphadenopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai - 400012, India.
authors.forename: Rajaram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai - 400012, India.
authors.forename: Amit K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai - 400012, India.
authors.forename: Kartik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai - 400012, India.
authors.forename: Puneeth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai - 400012, India.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male