Open AccessA giant liver abscess due to Fasciola hepatica infection
Author(s) -
Ernesto Ángel Dzib Calan,
Ivanhoe Larracilla Salazar,
Jorge Iván Morales Pérez
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.6136/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , fasciola hepatica , liver abscess , nausea , etiology , abscess , liver function tests , percutaneous , vomiting , quadrant (abdomen) , gastroenterology , surgery , immunology , helminths
A 60-year-old female patient with a 3-month history of upper right quadrant pain, nausea, fluid evacuation, yellowing, weight loss, intolerance to the oral route, liver disease and hepatomegaly without impaired liver function tests Performs diagnosis by CT scan of giant hepatic abscess, which is managed by means of percutaneous drainage and antibiotic, is determined as etiology, infection by hepatic fasciola.