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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(8):827-831. Published online August 31, 1984.

A Case of Human Fascioliasis.

Dong Hee Oh¹, Ae Sook Kim¹, Young Gun Kim¹, Baek Keun Lim¹, Jong Soo Kim¹, Yung Kyum Ahn²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Wonju Medical College, Yonsei University
²Department of Parasitology, Wonju Medical College, Yonsei University

Abstract

We experienced a case of human fascioliasis in a 4-y-old male child who had been suffered from abdominal pain, pallor and intermittent generalized edema for about 21 months. Diagnosis was established by eggs of Fasciola species in stool and by double diffusion analysis. After treatment with bithionol, the symptoms were disappeared rapidly and the eggs also disappeared. A brief review of the literatures was made.

Keywords :Fascioliasis