J Med Assoc Thai 2006; 89 (12):2150

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Endoscopic Removal of One Live Biliary Fasciola gigantica
Kanoksil W Mail, Wattanatranon D , Wilasrusmee C , Mingphruedh S , Bunyaratvej S

Biliary fascioliasis was diagnosed in a woman from Angthong province, who presented herself with anorexia, weight loss, and jaundice for one month. Intraoperative retrograded cholangiopancreatography revealed a filling defect considered as a stone and bile sludge. By the sphincterotomy and balloon-extraction technique, one live fluke was removed and identified as Fasciola gigantica. A single dose of praziquantel, 25 mg/kg of body weight/day, was given although the postoperative stool examination revealed no Fasciola spp. egg. The patient was doing well after the fluke removal. According to a previous review, in this country, Ayutthaya is the southernmost province for the distribution of fascioliasis.

Keywords: Fasciola gigantica, Fasciola hepatica, Hepatic fascioliasis, Biliary fascioliasi


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