Endoscopic removal of one live biliary Fasciola gigantica.
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ABSTRACT
Biliary fascioliasis was diagnosed in a woman from Angthong province, who presented herself with anorexia, weight loss, and jaundice for one month. Intraoperative retrograded cholangiopancreatography revealed a filling defect considered as a stone and bile sludge. By the sphincterotomy and balloon-extraction technique, one live fluke was removed and identified as Fasciola gigantica. A single dose of praziquantel, 25 mg/kg of body weight/day, was given although the postoperative stool examination revealed no Fasciola spp. egg. The patient was doing well after the fluke removal. According to a previous review, in this country, Ayutthaya is the southernmost province for the distribution of fascioliasis.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Biliary Tract Diseases
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Fascioliasis
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Animals
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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