Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Xuan, Le Thi
• Hung, Nguyen Thien
• Waikagul, Jitra

Titel

Cutaneous fascioliasis: a case report in Vietnam

Ist Teil von

• The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2005-05, Vol.72 (5), p.508-509

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 40 year-old woman living in Gialai, Kontum, Vietnam, developed a red solid mass in the epigastric region. From ultrasound investigation, liver abscess and myositis of the intercostal muscle was diagnosed. Two weeks after treatment with antibiotics, the mass disappeared, but a migratory track developed in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. An aspiration of the vesicular end of the serpiginous track showed a light brown, living worm that was later identified as an immature Fasciola sp. This is the first case report of cutaneous fascioliasis in the form similar to creeping eruption.