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KMID : 0359020060330030183
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Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2006 Volume.33 No. 3 p.183 ~ p.186
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A Case of Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Fasciola Hepatica
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Woo Seong-Yong
Son Seong-Hyun
Kim Hyung-Keun
Kim Sung-Soo
Jung Hyun-Jung
Kim Woo-Tae
Nam Hae-Sung
Cho Young-Seok
Chae Hiun-Suk
Lee Chang-Don
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Abstract
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Fascioliasis is a zoonotic helminthiasis caused by the trematode Fasciola hepatica, which is a parasite that infects the hepatobiliary system of herbivorous animals such as cattle and sheep. Humans are accidentally infected after ingestion of the water, raw aquatic plants and raw liver of herbivorous animals that are all contaminated by metacercaria. Fascioliasis produces no symptoms in most patients, but adult Fasciola hepatica occasionally gives rise to intestinal obstruction or pancreatobiliary disease. The metacercaria can migrate along the vessels or lymphatic ducts, and they can induce disease of the liver, lung and heart. We report here on a rare case of a 68-year-old male who presented with acute abdominal pain. He was diagnosed as acute pancreatitis associated with Fasciola hepatica. (Korean J Gastrointest Endosc 2006;33:183?186)
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KEYWORD
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Fascioliasis, Acute pancreatitis
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