Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients
Fascioliasis, an uncommon liver disease in children, is caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica. Its clinical and laboratory findings may mimic several disorders of the liver, including malignancies. Diagnosis is usually made by demonstrating the presence of the parasite in liver tissue or...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2012-08-01
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Fascioliasis, an uncommon liver disease in children, is caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica. Its clinical and laboratory findings may mimic several disorders of the liver, including malignancies. Diagnosis is usually made by demonstrating the presence of the parasite in liver tissue or the stool, or by serology, but many children are diagnosed incidentally. Described here are the clinical, laboratory and radiological features of five pediatric fascioliasis cases with different clinical pictures presenting over a period of five years, all of whom were successfully cured with oral triclabendazole.
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| spelling | doaj-art-77b65b71b878420cb60b8bb66fbadf8f2025-08-20T03:00:54ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212012-08-01544Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patientsEda Karadağ-Öncel0Yasemin OzsürekçiAslınur Ozkaya-ParlakayMelda CelikAli Bülent CengizMithat HaliloğluMehmet CeyhanAteş KaraDepartment of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. dredakaradag@gmail.com Fascioliasis, an uncommon liver disease in children, is caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica. Its clinical and laboratory findings may mimic several disorders of the liver, including malignancies. Diagnosis is usually made by demonstrating the presence of the parasite in liver tissue or the stool, or by serology, but many children are diagnosed incidentally. Described here are the clinical, laboratory and radiological features of five pediatric fascioliasis cases with different clinical pictures presenting over a period of five years, all of whom were successfully cured with oral triclabendazole. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1650 |
| spellingShingle | Eda Karadağ-Öncel Yasemin Ozsürekçi Aslınur Ozkaya-Parlakay Melda Celik Ali Bülent Cengiz Mithat Haliloğlu Mehmet Ceyhan Ateş Kara Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients |
| title_full | Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients |
| title_fullStr | Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients |
| title_short | Fasciola hepatica infection: clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients |
| title_sort | fasciola hepatica infection clinical and radiological findings in pediatric patients |
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