Hepatic fascioliasis at a London hospital - The importance of recognising typical radiological features to avoid a delay in diagnosis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 981, 2009, Pages

  Behar, Jonathan M ^a,b,c   Winston, J S ^a,b   Borgstein, R ^a  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BARNET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANALGESIC AGENT; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EOSINOPHILIA; ERADICATION THERAPY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349133560     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/78759407     Document Type: Article

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