Extrahepatic obstructive jaundice caused by Fasciola hepatica
Guerra Pereda, E.; Margolles Zambrana, J.A.; Balcazar Zapata, R.; Fuentes Rodríguez, M.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 32(1): 25-29
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 6996049 Document Number: 165805
A 58 year old female patient with diabetes manifested 30 years ago is reported. She had digestive disorders since 20 years ago, and a diagnosis of cholecystopathy had been established. Furtherly, she had jaundice, acholia and pruritus; this picture remitted spontaneously. During the next year she had again jaundice, epigastric pain and vomitings; this picture also remitted with home rest. Fifteen days prior to her admittance she had again jaundice, epigastralgia extending to the back, vomitings and pruritus, as well as a diabetic uncontrol. She was admitted though bile ducts were not roentgenographically explored as a result of iodine allergy. A Fasciola hepatica was intraoperatively found.