Fascioliasis -- India
Two patients have tested positive for fascioliasis at Shere-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, doctors said on Tuesday [12 Dec 2017].
The 1st case, a young male patient, is from Sunderwani Pakherpora area of Budgam and was referred to the gastroenterology unit of SKIMS as a liver cancer patient. The patient was treated endoscopically (ERCP) by removing hundreds of live liver flukes from the bile duct.
Fascioliasis is a parasitic worm infection caused by 2 species of
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