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Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts
In this paper, we describe the case of a 40-year-old patient with an expanding and symptomatic complex liver cyst. Despite comprehensive diagnostics, including labs, imaging and biopsy, a clear etiology could not be determined. As a result, a partial liver resection was performed. The histopathologi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10409586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37560609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad452 |
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author | Chmielewski, Jan Probst, Pascal Muller, Markus K Antony, Pia Kovacevic, Dragoljub |
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description | In this paper, we describe the case of a 40-year-old patient with an expanding and symptomatic complex liver cyst. Despite comprehensive diagnostics, including labs, imaging and biopsy, a clear etiology could not be determined. As a result, a partial liver resection was performed. The histopathological examination revealed evidence of schistosomas. We postulate that the displacement of the portal fields created a pseudocyst and that the resultant ischemia was the root cause of the patient’s discomfort. Postoperatively, the patient received an antihelmintic therapy with praziquantel with which she was able to fully recover. |
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spelling | pubmed-104095862023-08-09 Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts Chmielewski, Jan Probst, Pascal Muller, Markus K Antony, Pia Kovacevic, Dragoljub J Surg Case Rep Case Report In this paper, we describe the case of a 40-year-old patient with an expanding and symptomatic complex liver cyst. Despite comprehensive diagnostics, including labs, imaging and biopsy, a clear etiology could not be determined. As a result, a partial liver resection was performed. The histopathological examination revealed evidence of schistosomas. We postulate that the displacement of the portal fields created a pseudocyst and that the resultant ischemia was the root cause of the patient’s discomfort. Postoperatively, the patient received an antihelmintic therapy with praziquantel with which she was able to fully recover. Oxford University Press 2023-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10409586/ /pubmed/37560609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad452 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2023. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Chmielewski, Jan Probst, Pascal Muller, Markus K Antony, Pia Kovacevic, Dragoljub Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
title | Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
title_full | Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
title_fullStr | Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
title_full_unstemmed | Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
title_short | Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
title_sort | schistosomiasis (schistosoma mansoni)—a rare cause of complex liver cysts |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10409586/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37560609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad452 |
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