Montembault S, Serfaty L, Poirot J L, Wendum D, Penna C, Poupon R
Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1997;21(10):785-8.
Multi-organ infection with Fasciola hepatica is uncommon. We report a case of severe infection with Fasciola hepatica as a cause of liver and peritoneum injuries with hemorrhagic ascites as well as pulmonary, pericardial, splenic and portal system injuries in a 37-year old man who was a native of Green Cape. The patient was in poor general health, had a major inflammatory syndrome, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia (90 g/L). The diagnosis was confirmed by positive distomatosis serology and the presence of eggs of Fasciola hepatica in the histological samples of the liver and peritoneum. After treatment with praziquantel then triclabendazole, the global outcome was favorable.
