Title of article
Biliary of Fascioliasis in Kermanshah Province, Western Iran
Author/Authors
BASHIRI, Homayoon Department of Internal Medicine - School of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran , BOZORGOMID, Arezoo Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran , HAMZAVI, Yazdan Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Kermanshah, Iran
Pages
2
From page
215
To page
216
Abstract
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infection caused by liver fluke species of the genus Fasciola, which com-monly affects livestock and humans, are accidental hosts (1). We reported three female patients with a mean age of 45 yr during the chronic stage of fascioliasis diagnosed and treated using endo-scopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) between 2010 and 2015. Patients were re-ferred to our hospital with complaints of icterus and pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdo-men.
Keywords
Biliary , Kermanshah , Iran , ERCP
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Public Health
Serial Year
2021
Record number
2713057
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