Liver, spleen, pancreas and kidney involvement by human fascioliasis: imaging findings.

BMC Gastroenterol

Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 19857, 7th floor, Taleghani Hospital, Tabnak Ave, Tehran, Iran.

Published: August 2004

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Background: Fasciola hepatica primarily involves the liver, however in some exceptional situations other organs have been reported to be involved. The ectopic involvement is either a result of Parasite migration or perhaps eosinophilic reaction.

Case Presentation: Here we report a known case of multiple myeloma who was under treatment with prednisolone and melphalan. He was infected by Fasciola hepatica, which involved many organs and the lesions were mistaken with metastatic ones.

Discussion: Presented here is a very unusual case of the disease, likely the first case involving the pancreas, spleen, and kidney, as well as the liver.

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