A Case of Fascioliasis Treated Successfully without Sequelae in a Japanese Expatriate Living in Jakarta

oleh: Masataro Norizuki, Teppei Sasahara, Harumi Gomi, Yuji Morisawa, Noriko Takamura, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Fujiya, Yasuyuki Kato, Hiroyuki Matsuoka

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Diterbitkan: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01

Deskripsi

A 46-year-old Japanese female expatriate living in Jakarta presented with intermittent fever lasting for a month. Although she was considered at low risk of Fasciola spp. infection because she lived in an upper-class residential area of the city, the patient presented with eosinophilia after consuming organic raw vegetables; in addition, contrast-enhanced computed tomography detected microabscesses in a tractlike pattern in the liver. These findings led to an early diagnosis of fascioliasis, which was successfully treated without sequelae. In any patient with a history of consuming raw vegetables, fascioliasis should be suspected regardless of where the patient has lived.