Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) as a Cause of Asymptomatic Liver Mass
| Autor: | Menahem Ben-Haim, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Amir Dagan, Victoria Doviner, Merav Rokah, Daniel Boleslavsky, Pia Weidinger, Uri Manor, Norbert Nowotny |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Liver Diseases Parasitic Enoplida Infections Capillaria hepatica Asymptomatic Liver mass Eosinophilic granuloma Hepatica Virology Biopsy Medicine Animals Humans Israel CALODIUM HEPATICUM Granuloma biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Articles Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Nematode Treatment Outcome Asymptomatic Diseases Parasitology medicine.symptom Enoplida business |
| Zdroj: | Am J Trop Med Hyg |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 |
| Popis: | Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) is a parasitic nematode of rodents, rarely infecting humans. An asymptomatic Israeli adult male with extensive travel history was diagnosed with a liver mass on routine post-thymectomy follow-up. Imaging and computer tomography (CT) guided biopsy were inconclusive. Surgical excision revealed an eosinophilic granuloma with fragments of a nematode suspected to be C. hepatica. Molecular methods verified the diagnosis, and the patient was treated empirically. This is the first case of hepatic capillariasis described in Israel, and the first to be diagnosed using molecular methods. |
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