[Pseudotumor form of hepatic distomatosis: successful treatment with praziquantel]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1997;21(6-7):511-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Human Fasciola hepatica infection is usually discovered either early, during the acute (invasive) phase, or in the advanced phase, which is characterized by biliary complications. We report a case of liver distomatosis with nodular intra-hepatic lesions in a 58-year-old woman. Radiological investigations showed 3 nodular lesions in the VII segment, which were difficult to distinguish from liver metastases or liver abscesses. Distomatosis serology was positive with passive hemagglutination. After a 5-day treatment with praziquantel, clinical symptoms resolved quickly while serological tests became negative. Radiological images slowly decreased to a calcified scar at 13 months. No side-effects were noted. Praziquantel, whose efficacy in the common presentations of liver distomatosis has recently been demonstrated, also seems effective and well tolerated in case of nodular intra-hepatic lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antiplatyhelmintic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fascioliasis / diagnosis
  • Fascioliasis / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Middle Aged
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antiplatyhelmintic Agents
  • Praziquantel