A Case of Biliary Fascioliasis Diagnosed by Percutaneous Cholangioscopy.
- Author:
Sung Koo LEE
;
Jung Won KIM
;
Dong Soo HAN
;
Sun Young YI
;
Myung Hwan KIM
;
Young Il MIN
;
Seung Gyu LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fascioliasis;
Bile duct;
Cholangioscopy
- MeSH:
Animals;
Bile Ducts;
Cattle;
Dilatation;
Epithelium;
Fasciola hepatica;
Fascioliasis*;
Fibrosis;
Humans;
Hyperplasia;
Korea;
Leukocytes;
Liver;
Mammals;
Parasites;
Sheep
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1993;13(4):739-741
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fasciola hepatica is a parasite of cattle, sheep and other herbivorous mammals and lives in the bile ducts and occasionally liver parenchyma. Fasioliasis is characterized by hyperplasia or proliferation of the biliary epithelium, dilatation of biliary passages, leukocyte infiltration and periductal fibrosis. Man is thought to be infected incidentally. Numerous cases of hepatic fasioliasis have been reported in the medical litherature. In Korea, about 10 cases of human infection has been recorded in the literature. We report a case of biliary fascioliasis diagnosed by percutaneous cholangioscopy.
