Biliary fascioliasis: case report and review of the literature

Ghina A Birjawi; Ala I Sharara; Ghassan N Al-Awar; Ayman N Tawil; Hicham Moukaddam; Riad A Khouzami; Maurice C Haddad

Biliary fascioliasis: case report and review of the literature

J Med Liban. 2002 Jan-Apr;50(1-2):60-2.

Authors

Ghina A Birjawi¹, Ala I Sharara, Ghassan N Al-Awar, Ayman N Tawil, Hicham Moukaddam, Riad A Khouzami, Maurice C Haddad

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 12841316

Abstract

Hepatobiliary parasitic diseases are rare in Lebanon. We recently encountered biliary fascioliasis in a Lebanese native. The clinical and laboratory findings were nonspecific. The biliary parasite (Fasciola hepatica) was identified by sonography and confirmed at ERCP that has retrieved the parasite from the common bile duct.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Biliary Tract Diseases / diagnosis
Biliary Tract Diseases / epidemiology
Biliary Tract Diseases / parasitology*
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Fasciola hepatica / isolation & purification
Fascioliasis / diagnosis
Fascioliasis / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Lebanon / epidemiology