Biliary Fasciola gigantica case report from Turkey

Vedat Goral; Senem Senturk; Omer Mete; Mutallib Cicek; Berat Ebik; Beşir Kaya

Biliary Fasciola gigantica case report from Turkey

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2011 May;42(3):509-12.

Authors

Vedat Goral¹, Senem Senturk, Omer Mete, Mutallib Cicek, Berat Ebik, Beşir Kaya

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey. vegoral@hotmail.com

PMID: 21706928

Abstract

We present a case of Fasciola gigantica-induced biliary obstruction and cholestasis diagnosed and treated via endoscopy and trichlorobendazole treatment. This is the first case of Fasciola gigantica treated via endoscopic biliary extraction during ERCP and drug treatment reported from Turkey.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Chlorobenzenes / administration & dosage
Cholestasis / diagnosis
Cholestasis / parasitology*
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Fasciola / isolation & purification
Fascioliasis / complications*
Fascioliasis / drug therapy
Female
Humans
Turkey

Substances

Chlorobenzenes
trichlorobenzene