Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Fasciola hepatica. Humans can become accidental hosts of this parasite by ingesting contaminated drinking water or plants in endemic area. The north of Iran is one of the regions. This disease is rarely seen with jaundice caused by obstruction of the bi...

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Autores principales: Moghadami, Mohsen, Mardani, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.43279
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Mardani, M.
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description Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Fasciola hepatica. Humans can become accidental hosts of this parasite by ingesting contaminated drinking water or plants in endemic area. The north of Iran is one of the regions. This disease is rarely seen with jaundice caused by obstruction of the biliary tree. We report a case of human fascioliasis with obstructive jaundice who was diagnosed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). This report confirms the diagnostic role of ERCP in patients with obstructive jaundice caused by biliary fascioliasis.
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spelling pubmed-27029272009-06-30 Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran Moghadami, Mohsen Mardani, M. Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Fasciola hepatica. Humans can become accidental hosts of this parasite by ingesting contaminated drinking water or plants in endemic area. The north of Iran is one of the regions. This disease is rarely seen with jaundice caused by obstruction of the biliary tree. We report a case of human fascioliasis with obstructive jaundice who was diagnosed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). This report confirms the diagnostic role of ERCP in patients with obstructive jaundice caused by biliary fascioliasis. Medknow Publications 2008-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2702927/ /pubmed/19568541 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.43279 Text en © The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran
title Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran
title_full Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran
title_fullStr Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran
title_full_unstemmed Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran
title_short Fasciola hepatica: A cause of Obstructive Jaundice in an Elderly Man From Iran
title_sort fasciola hepatica: a cause of obstructive jaundice in an elderly man from iran
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.43279
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