A case of human fasciolosis: discrepancy between egg size and genotype of Fasciola sp.

In human fasciolosis, differential diagnosis of the causative flukes, Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, is problematic. We report a rare case of human fasciolosis in which an adult worm was recovered from the bile duct of a Japanese man. Morphometric data of the worm were consistent with those of F.