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Unusual case of pentastomiasis mimicking liver tumor
Author(s) -
Machado Marcel Autran C,
Makdissi Fabio F,
Canedo Leonardo F,
Martino Rodrigo B,
Crescentini Fábio,
Chieffi Pedro P,
Bacchella Telesforo,
Machado Marcel C C
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.03203.x
Subject(s) - medicine , human liver , autopsy , resection , presentation (obstetrics) , liver tumor , case presentation , pathology , cyst , general surgery , radiology , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , hepatocellular carcinoma , enzyme
Pentastomiasis is a rare zoonotic disease. Almost all recorded cases of human pentastomiasis had been incidental findings at autopsy. We report an unusual case of human pentastomiasis mimicking liver tumor successfully treated by liver resection. This clinical presentation is uncommon and it was probably caused by a pentastomid that exited its cyst and migrated to the liver causing an infarct that was mistaken as a primary liver tumor. Diagnosis could not be made before the surgery. This is the first reported case of human pentastomiasis in Brazil.