Mohammad Taher Ismiel; Bisher Daaboul; Abeer Al-kafri

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Journal of the Arab Board of Health Specializations, Vol.15, No.2, 2014, Pages: 47-56

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The liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) can rarely affect the human beings. It is one of the animal’s common diseases.

The infection with liver fluke can happen by eating the water plants, like Arugula. The parasite can form its cystic forms during its immature stage. It will then grow in the biliary tree of the infected patient and can be manifested with biliary inflammation, followed by biliary obstruction. This can be diagnosed with liver ultrasound or cholangiography.

The diagnosis can be confirmed by removing the parasite and examining it.

There are very few cases of the liver fluke that are diagnosed in Syria. One of which is this case which was diagnosed in a female patient who had recurrent right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The liver fluke was pulled out of her common bile duct during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

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