TY - JOUR
T1 - Subcapsular Liver Hematoma
T2 - One of the Many Faces of Acute Fascioliasis
AU - Alave, Jorge
AU - Leon, Mey
AU - Terashima, Angelica
AU - Concha-Velasco, Fatima
AU - Gotuzzo, Eduardo
AU - Seas, Carlos
AU - Cabada, Miguel M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
PY - 2024/10/1
Y1 - 2024/10/1
N2 - Subcapsular liver hematoma is an uncommon and underdiagnosed manifestation of fascioliasis. We report 6 cases and review 21 previous reports. The mean age was 51 years; 12 cases were from Peru; and 18 were women. Only 6 patients required surgical drainage. Medical management is the mainstay treatment.
AB - Subcapsular liver hematoma is an uncommon and underdiagnosed manifestation of fascioliasis. We report 6 cases and review 21 previous reports. The mean age was 51 years; 12 cases were from Peru; and 18 were women. Only 6 patients required surgical drainage. Medical management is the mainstay treatment.
KW - fascioliasis
KW - subcapsular liver hematoma
KW - zoonosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85207281961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/ofid/ofae554
DO - 10.1093/ofid/ofae554
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85207281961
SN - 2328-8957
VL - 11
JO - Open Forum Infectious Diseases
JF - Open Forum Infectious Diseases
IS - 10
M1 - ofae554
ER -
