Badirzadeh Alireza, Sabzevari Sadaf
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2017 Jul-Aug;50(4):571-574. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0526-2016.
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by a leaf-like worm (fluke) called Fasciola. Herein, we present a case of human hepatic fascioliasis. A 57-year-old man was referred to the hospital for ambiguous gastrointestinal symptoms with suspected hemangioma. Hepatic fascioliasis was diagnosed using abdominal computed tomography and serology. He tested positive for the IgG antibody against Fasciola hepatica. The patient was treated successfully with triclabendazole. This is the first published report on the occurrence of fascioliasis in Northeast Iran, a non-endemic area for fascioliasis. Our results suggest the emergence of a new focus in the region.
肝片吸虫病是一种由名为肝片吸虫的叶状蠕虫（吸虫）引起的人畜共患病。在此，我们报告一例人类肝片吸虫病病例。一名57岁男性因疑似血管瘤的不明胃肠道症状被转诊至医院。通过腹部计算机断层扫描和血清学诊断为肝片吸虫病。他的抗肝片吸虫IgG抗体检测呈阳性。该患者用三氯苯达唑成功治愈。这是关于伊朗东北部（肝片吸虫病非流行地区）发生肝片吸虫病的首篇发表报告。我们的结果表明该地区出现了一个新的疫源地。
