title: Partial Hepatectomy for the Resistant Fasciola Hepatica Infection in a Child.
abstract: Fascioliasis is an emerging and important chronic parasitic disease caused by two trematode liver fluke species: Fasciola hepatica (F. hepatica) and Fasciola gigantica (F. gigantica) infecting several herbivorous mammals including cattle, goats, sheep, and humans. We report a 9-year-old girl who suffered from F. hepatica infection and underwent right hepatectomy because of increasing abdominal pain resistant to anthelmintic chemotherapy. When anthelmintic drug treatment is not effective and abdominal pain persists, surgical resection including hepatectomy should be kept in mind for resistant F. hepatica infection.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Gülhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belgin
authors.affiliation: Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Kanık Yüksek
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: S
authors.affiliation: Gazi University School of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Tezer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: H
authors.affiliation: Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Özkaya Parlakay
authors.initials: ÖP
authors.lastname: A
authors.affiliation: Gazi University School of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Dalgıç
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: B
authors.affiliation: Gazi University School of Medicine, General Surgery Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Dalgıç
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: A
authors.affiliation: Gazi University School of Medicine, Pathology Unit, Ankara.
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: G
keywords: Children; Fasciola hepatica; Hepatectomy