A human case of invasive fascioliasis associated with liver abscess

Korean J Parasitol. 1995 Dec;33(4):395-8. doi: 10.3347/kjp.1995.33.4.395.

Abstract

A 56 year-old Korean housewife/farmer/goat keeper suffered from right upper quadrant pain and fever with chills. In the abdominal sonogram and computerized tomography, multiple, 2-3 cm, irregular shaped cavities were observed in the right lobe of liver. A liver biopsy revealed extensive central necrosis with Characot-Leyden crystals surrounded by palisading histiocytes, eosinophil-rich inflammatory infiltration. Worm was not observed. However, the serologic test for Fasciola-specific IgG antibody by micro-ELISA was positive. Prior antibody levels did not differ and eosinophilia persisted 6 and 16 months after praziquantel treatment although the cavitary lesions in the liver disappeared 6 months after the treatment. Reported herein is a human case of invasive fascioliasis diagnosed clinically by a combination of radiological, histopathological and serological studies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth / analysis
  • Antiplatyhelmintic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Fascioliasis / diagnosis*
  • Fascioliasis / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Liver Abscess / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Serologic Tests

Substances

  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antiplatyhelmintic Agents
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Praziquantel