Liver fluke in a young Nepalese girl: A rare diagnostic puzzle

Abstract

Key Clinical message Fascioliasis poses diagnostic challenges to clinicians for its broad spectrum of hepatobiliary symptoms and lower detection rates. Timely and precise identification avoids long‐standing hepatic complications. Abstract Fasciola hepatica, a trematode parasite, inhabits snails and sheep. Human hepatic fascioliasis is a neglected tropical disease with no specific tests. In this instance, the significance of clinical awareness, appropriate imaging, and serological investigations is demonstrated. A young Nepalese girl was diagnosed and managed successfully.

Keywords

• children
• Fasciola hepatica
• hepatic fascioliasis
• liver fluke
• MRI