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ArticleCureus2024

Human Fascioliasis in Portugal: A Case Report.

Sara Pereira, Paula Cerqueira, Sabina Azevedo, Bárbara Sousa, Selmira Faraldo

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sara PereiraInternal Medicine, Hospital Conde de Bertiandos, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PRT.
Paula CerqueiraInternal Medicine, Hospital Conde de Bertiandos, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PRT.
Sabina AzevedoInternal Medicine, Hospital Conde de Bertiandos, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PRT.
Bárbara SousaInternal Medicine, Hospital Conde de Bertiandos, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PRT.
Selmira FaraldoInternal Medicine, Hospital Conde de Bertiandos, Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Ponte de Lima, PRT.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease that may affect humans as incidental hosts after the ingestion of contaminated water or aquatic plants. Despite the non-specificity of its signs and symptoms, a triad of abdominal pain, fever, and peripheral eosinophilia should increase suspicion. The diagnosis of fascioliasis can be particularly difficult in non-endemic countries. It presents a worldwide but heterogeneous distribution, according to several environmental and human activity-related factors. Few cases have been described in Portugal. The authors report the case of a 48-year-old man presenting with abdominal pain, fever, and nighttime sweating. The CT scan revealed multiple hepatic nodules, which were then confirmed as abscesses in the context of hepatic fascioliasis. We aim to alert for the persistence of a few autochthonous cases of human fascioliasis in Portugal, the need to maintain a high degree of suspicion for this disease despite its non-specific presentation, and the emergence of triclabendazole resistance.

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fasciola hepaticafascioliasisliver abscessparasitic liver diseasetriclabendazole

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PMID39726513
PMCPMC11671162

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