Annals of Hepatology 2012-01-01

Living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tree: a case report.

Keyvan Aminian, Kambiz Akhavan Rezayat, Afshin Shafaghi, Roozbeh Tanhaeevash

Index: Ann. Hepatol. 11(3) , 395-8, (2012)

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Abstract

Here we report a rare case of living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tract. The patient was in acute phase of infection and treated successfully with 10 mg/kg oral triclabendazole after the fluke was extracted using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).