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| Year : 1990 | Volume
: 8
| Issue : 1 | Page : 23-25 |
Fasciolopsiasis Presenting As Necrotizing Enteritis- A Case Report
P Sharma, N. C Digray, K.L.N Rao, N Malla, R. C Mahajan
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P Sharma
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Isolation of Fasciolopsis buski is reported in a female child aged 5 years presenting with pain abdomen, constipation, abdominal distension and fever. She had signs of acute intestinal obstruction for which a laparotomy was performed revealing necrotizing enteritis involving 30cm of mid jejunum. On second post-operative day, she passed flukes through surgical stoma which were identified as F.buski. Clinical improvement and parasitological cure was obtained with a single dose of 15mg/kg body weight of praziquantel. Necrotizing enteritis as a manifestation of fasciolopsiasis has not been reported in the literature previously.
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