[A case of clonorchiasis complicated with the expansion of liver cyst].

Abstract

A 61-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for examination of the cause of rapid growth of a liver cyst. We found a slight dilatation of bile duct in the vicinity of the liver cyst. Then, we underwent ERCP and found a communication between the bile duct and liver cyst. Bile cytodiagnosis revealed a large quantity of clonorchis eggs. The patient like to do eat raw freshwater fish and we suspected that the acute expansion of the cyst was due to clonorchiasis. Following administration of 40mg/kg praziquantel, the blood clonorchis antibody disappeared and the liver cyst also disappeared after 6 months. We encountered a case of clonorchiasis complicated with growth of a liver cyst. Medical interviews should be conducted carefully along with meticulous examinations.

• Authors: Yoko Kominami, Hiroshi Aikata, Ken Hiramatsu, Mio Tanaka, Noriaki Naeshiro, Takashi Nakahara, Yoji Honda, Yuko Nagaoki, Eisuke Murakami, Daisuke Miyaki, Daiki Miki, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Shintaro Takaki, Nobuhiko Hiraga, Masaki Tsuge, Masahiro Serikawa, Michio Imamura, Hideyuki Hyogo, Yoshiiku Kawakami, Shoichi Takahashi, Tamito Sasaki, Kazuaki Chayama
• Journal: Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology (Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi) Vol. 110 Issue 3 Pg. 456-64 (Mar 2013) ISSN: 0446-6586 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 23459541 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
• Clonorchiasis (complications, diagnosis)
• Cysts (complications, diagnosis)
• Humans
• Liver Diseases (complications, diagnosis)
• Male
• Middle Aged