Abdominal Imaging - Case Report

Hepatobiliary fascioliasis: a case with unusual radiological features

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2350-08.1

  • Ahmet Yeşildağ
  • Altuğ Şenol
  • Mert Köroğlu
  • Cem Koçkar
  • Orhan Oyar
  • Mehmet İşler

Received Date: 23.10.2008 Accepted Date: 22.01.2009 Diagn Interv Radiol 2010;16(4):299-301

We report a case of hepatobiliary fascioliasis presenting with unusual radiological findings that have not been reported previously. Imaging studies revealed hepatic cystic pouches communicating with intrahepatic bile ducts. Snail-like, oval shaped and conglomerated echogenic particles with no acoustic shadowing, suggesting F. hepatica, were detected in these cystic pouches. In addition, secondary sclerosing cholangitis developed after fascioliasis.

Keywords: fascioliasis , ultrasonography , computed tomography