Year 2019 / Volume 111 / Number 2
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Obstructive jaundice of a parasitic etiology

165-166

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5827/2018

M.ª Antonia Remacha ., Mª Pilar Goñi, Jesus Espinel,

Abstract
We present the case of a patient with colic pain in the epigastrium and right hypochondrium, which was accompanied by choluria and acholia and slightly elevated levels of bilirubin and eosinophilia. Abdominal echography and magnetic resonance imaging identified a biliary obstruction and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was used to extract 3 adult worms identified as Fasciola hepatica. This case highlights the need to consider the suspicion of biliary obstruction caused by Fasciola hepatica in the presence of obstructive jaundice, with or without eosinophilia.
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Publication history

Received: 12/07/2018

Accepted: 25/07/2018

Online First: 15/10/2018

Published: 01/02/2019

Article Online First time: 95 days

Article editing time: 204 days


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