Radionuclide Imaging of the Liver in Human Fascioliasis

The clinical, laboratory, and scintigraphic findings in four cases of human fascioliasis are described. Acute onset of fever, abdominal pain, and weight loss in a person who has ingested watercress constitutes the clinical syndrome often seen. Eosinophilia and alteration in liver function tests, par...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) 1984-08, Vol.9 (8), p.450-453
Hauptverfasser: RIVERA, JULIO V, BERMÚDEZ, RAMÓN H
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The clinical, laboratory, and scintigraphic findings in four cases of human fascioliasis are described. Acute onset of fever, abdominal pain, and weight loss in a person who has ingested watercress constitutes the clinical syndrome often seen. Eosinophilia and alteration in liver function tests, particularly alkaline phosphatase are frequent. Tc-99m sulfur colloid images showed hepatomegaly in four patients, focal defects in two, splenomegaly in three, and increased splenic uptake in two. Gallium citrate (Ga 67) images show increased uptake in the focal lesions in two of two. Sonographic imaging showed focal lucent abnormality in one of three. Liver biopsy findings were nonspecific. The differential diagnosis from other invasive parasitic diseases is discussed. A possible role of hepatic imaging in the evaluation of fascioliasis is suggested.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/00003072-198408000-00006