Hepatic fascioliasis as an important differential diagnosis to cholangiocarcinoma

J Travel Med. 2021 Aug 27;28(6):taab061. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab061.

Authors

João Fernandes Serodio¹, Mónica Lopes¹, Renata Ribeiro¹, Miguel Trindade¹, Catarina Favas^{1

2}, José Delgado Alves^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine IV, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora 2720-276, Portugal.
² Immunemediated Systemic Diseases Unit, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora 2720-276, Portugal.
³ Immune Response and Vascular Disease Unit, Chronic Diseases Research Center - CEDOC, Nova Medical School, Lisbon 1150-082, Portugal.

PMID: 33851705
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taab061

No abstract available

Keywords: Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; bile duct cancer; eosinophilia; helminthic infection; liver fluke; triclabendazole.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bile Duct Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
Cholangiocarcinoma* / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Fasciola hepatica*
Fascioliasis* / diagnosis
Humans