Living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tree: a case report

Here we report a rare case of living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tract. The patient was in acute phase of infection and treated successfully with 10 mg/kg oral triclabendazole after the fluke was extracted using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keyvan Aminian, Kambiz Akhavan Rezayat, Afshin Shafaghi, Roozbeh Tanhaeevash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-05-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119309378