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Human fascioliasis,Fasciola hepatica,Liver Fluke, Eosinophilia, Extrahepatic

Brook Alemayehu
Assistant professor of Internal Medicine, Lancet General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Zekewos Demissie
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Eyob Beyene
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Abstract

Fascioliasis, a disease caused by liver flukes. It is one of the neglected zoonotic diseases. There are only a few reports of fascioliasis from Ethiopia and no case with predominant extrahepatic presentation has been reported so far. We report a case of young woman, who presented with a two weeks of dry cough and generalized pruritus. Her workup revealed marked eosinophilia and multiple, hypodense, and hypovascular hepatic lesions. An enzyme-linked assay became positive for Fasciola hepatica. Fasciola hepatica can present with predominant extra hepatic presentation and should be considered in patients presenting with urticaria, skin rash, cough and eosinophilia

 

 

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Alemayehu, B., Demissie, Z., & Beyene, E. (2023). Human fascioliasis,Fasciola hepatica,Liver Fluke, Eosinophilia, Extrahepatic . Ethiopian Medical Journal, 61(4). Retrieved from https://emjema.org/index.php/EMJ/article/view/2160

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