A human case of gallbladder fascioliasis in Korea.

Author: Sung Tae HONG ¹ ; Soon Hynug LEE ; Je Geun CHI ; Tae Sook LEE ; Chi Young LEE ; Bo Yang SUH ; Young Hyun LEE
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1. Departent of Parasitology, Pathology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 110, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
MeSH: parasitology-helminth-trematoda; Fasciola sp.; fascioliasis; Heterophyes dispar; case report; praziquantel; gallbladder
From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1986;24(1):89-94
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: The authors would record the fifth case of human fascioliasis in Korea, occurring in a 48 year old Korean man who lived in Munkyong, Kyongsangbuk-do. The diagnosis was based on the morphology and measurements of the eggs which were collected in necrotic debris from the tunnel-like ulcerations of the gallbladder wall which was surgically removed for a gall stone. Although we failed to find out the fluke in the specimen, there found an evidence of once presence of Fasciola in the inflamed wall of the gallbladder in this patient.