A Case of Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Fasciola Hepatica.
- Author:
Seong Yong WOO
1
;
Hyun Jung JUNG
;
Woo Tae KIM
;
Hae Seong NAM
;
Sung Hyun SON
;
Hyung Keun KIM
;
Young Seok CHO
;
Sung Soo KIM
;
Hiun Suk CHAE
;
Chang Don LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, eoul, Korea. kimss@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Fascioliasis;
Acute pancreatitis
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Adult;
Aged;
Animals;
Cattle;
Eating;
Fasciola hepatica*;
Fasciola*;
Fascioliasis;
Heart;
Helminthiasis;
Humans;
Intestinal Obstruction;
Liver;
Lung;
Male;
Pancreatitis*;
Parasites;
Sheep;
Water
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2006;33(3):183-186
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic helminthiasis caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica, which is a parasite that infects the hepatobiliary system of herbivorous animals such as cattle and sheep. Humans are accidentally infected after ingestion of the water, raw aquatic plants and raw liver of herbivorous animals that are all contaminated by metacercaria. Fascioliasis produces no symptoms in most patients, but adult Fasciola hepatica occasionally gives rise to intestinal obstruction or pancreatobiliary disease. The metacercaria can migrate along the vessels or lymphatic ducts, and they can induce disease of the liver, lung and heart. We report here on a rare case of a 68-year-old male who presented with acute abdominal pain. He was diagnosed as acute pancreatitis associated with Fasciola hepatica.
