Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients.

Abstract

Fascioliasis, an uncommon liver disease in children, is caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica. Its clinical and laboratory findings may mimic several disorders of the liver, including malignancies. Diagnosis is usually made by demonstrating the presence of the parasite in liver tissue or the stool, or by serology, but many children are diagnosed incidentally. Described here are the clinical, laboratory and radiological features of five pediatric fascioliasis cases with different clinical pictures presenting over a period of five years, all of whom were successfully cured with oral triclabendazole.

• Authors: Eda Karadağ-Öncel, Yasemin Ozsürekçi, Aslınur Ozkaya-Parlakay, Melda Celik, Ali Bülent Cengiz, Mithat Haliloğlu, Mehmet Ceyhan, Ateş Kara
• Journal: The Turkish journal of pediatrics (Turk J Pediatr) 2012 Jul-Aug Vol. 54 Issue 4 Pg. 362-7 ISSN: 0041-4301 [Print] Turkey
• PMID: 23692716 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anthelmintics
• Benzimidazoles
• Triclabendazole

Topics

• Adolescent
• Animals
• Anthelmintics (therapeutic use)
• Benzimidazoles (therapeutic use)
• Child
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Fasciola hepatica (isolation & purification)
• Fascioliasis (diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Liver Function Tests
• Male
• Retrospective Studies
• Triclabendazole
• Turkey (epidemiology)