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Background
- Parasite: Fasciola hepatica
- "Liver fluke" or "Sheep liver fluke"
- Eggs in stool of infected mammals (sheep/cattle) → snail → aquatic vegetation → human
- Infected by eating raw watercress or water plants contaminated by immature larvae
- Immature larvae migrate from intestine → abdominal cavity → liver → bile duct (mature adult)
Clinical Features
- Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain/tenderness, hepatomegaly
- Fever, rash, shortness of breath
- Marked peripheral eosinophilia
- Liver hematoma
- Chronic: Inflammation and obstruction of liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Biliary colic, cholangitis, cholelithiasis, obstructive jaundice
- Ectopic fascioliasis: Erythematous itchy nodules
- Pharyngeal fascioliasis: pharyngitis with edema, congestion, suffocation
Differential Diagnosis
- Amebiasis, larva migrans, cysticercosis, ascariasis, hepatitis, parasitic infection
- Biliary atresia, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, cholestasis
Helminth infections
Cestodes (Tapeworms)
- Taenia saginata
- Taenia solium (Cysticercosis)
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- Hymenolepis nana
- Echinococcus granulosus
Trematodes (Flukes)
- Fasciola hepatica
- Fasciolopsis buski
- Opistorchis viverrini
- Schistosoma spp
- Chlonorchis sinensis
- Paragonimus spp.
Nematodes (Roundworms)
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
- Filarial worms
- Hookworm
- Necator americanus
- Ancylostoma duodenale
- Cutaneous larva migrans (Ancylostoma braziliense)
- Dracunculiasis
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
- Anisakis
- Toxocara spp.
- Trichinosis
Evaluation
- CBC: Leukocytosis, anemia, eosinophilia
- Elevated ESR and LFT
- Stool ova and parasites, culture
- Microscopy
- Endoscopy or surgery, biopsy
- Serology (ELISA), PCR
- CT abdomen, US, ERCP, cholangiography, MRI
Management
- Triclabendazole (10mg/kg PO x 1-2 days)
- Alternative: Bithionol and nitazoxnide
- ID and GI consult
- Possible surgery consult
See Also
References
- http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/fasciola/gen_info/index.html
- Leder K, et al. Liver flukes: Fascioliasis. In: Post T, ed. UpToDate. Waltham, Mass.: UpToDate; 2014. www.uptodate.com. Accessed December 24, 2014.
- Tolan RW, et al. (2013, Apr 12). Fascioliasis. eMedicine. Retrieved 12/24/2014 from http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/997890-overview