Fasciolopsiasis presenting as intestinal perforation: a case report

Trop Gastroenterol. 2009 Jan-Mar;30(1):40-1.

Abstract

Infestation by the zoonotic trematode Fasciolopsis buski (fasciolopsiasis) is seen in several parts of South-East Asia. Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, mucosal ulceration, intestinal obstruction, anasarca, and even fatality are described following heavy infestation. We present here the case of a 10-year-old boy from the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, India with heavy infestation by Fasciolopsis buski causing intestinal perforation. Fasciolopsiasis is by no means rare but its presentation as a case of intestinal perforation is extraordinary.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fasciolidae / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Ileostomy / methods
  • India
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Perforation / parasitology*
  • Intestinal Perforation / surgery
  • Male
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Trematode Infections / complications*
  • Trematode Infections / diagnosis*
  • Trematode Infections / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Praziquantel