A Case of Fascioliasis Treated Successfully Without Sequelae in a Japanese Expatriate Living in Jakarta

A 46-year-old Japanese female expatriate living in Jakarta presented with intermittent fever lasting for a month. Although she was considered at low risk of Fasciola spp. infection because she lived in an upper-class residential area of the city, the patient presented with eosinophilia after consumi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical medicine insights. Case reports 2015, Vol.8, p.61-63
Hauptverfasser: Norizuki, Masataro, Sasahara, Teppei, Gomi, Harumi, Morisawa, Yuji, Takamura, Noriko, Kenzaka, Tsuneaki, Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Fujiya, Yoshihiro, Kato, Yasuyuki, Matsuoka, Hiroyuki
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A 46-year-old Japanese female expatriate living in Jakarta presented with intermittent fever lasting for a month. Although she was considered at low risk of Fasciola spp. infection because she lived in an upper-class residential area of the city, the patient presented with eosinophilia after consuming organic raw vegetables; in addition, contrast-enhanced computed tomography detected microabscesses in a tractlike pattern in the liver. These findings led to an early diagnosis of fascioliasis, which was successfully treated without sequelae. In any patient with a history of consuming raw vegetables, fascioliasis should be suspected regardless of where the patient has lived.
ISSN:1179-5476
1179-5476
DOI:10.4137/CCRep.S26578