Radionuclide imaging of the liver in human fascioliasis

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-198408000-00006· OSTI ID:5981776

Rivera, J V; Bermudez, R H

The clinical, laboratory, and scintigraphic findings in four cases of human fascioliasis are described. Acute onset of fever, abdominal pain, and weight loss in a person who has ingested watercress constitutes the clinical syndrome often seen. Eosinophilia and alteration in liver function tests, particularly alkaline phosphatase are frequent. Tc-99m sulfur colloid images showed hepatomegaly in four patients, focal defects in two, splenomegaly in three, and increased splenic uptake in two. Gallium citrate (Ga 67) images show increased uptake in the focal lesions in two of two. Sonographic imaging showed focal lucent abnormality in one of three. Liver biopsy findings were nonspecific. The differential diagnosis from other invasive parasitic diseases is discussed. A possible role of hepatic imaging in the evaluation of fascioliasis is suggested.

• Research Organization: Veterans Administration Medical and Regional Office Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• OSTI ID: 5981776
• Journal Information: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: Clin. Nucl. Med.; (United States) Vol. 9:8; ISSN CNMED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CITRATES
COLLOIDS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENZYMES
ESTERASES
FASCIOLIASIS
GALLIUM 67
GALLIUM ISOTOPES
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROLASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIVER
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PARASITIC DISEASES
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
PHOSPHATASES
RADIOCOLLOIDS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
SPLENOMEGALY
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SYMPTOMS
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES