Z Gastroenterol 2018; 56(12): 1513-1520
DOI: 10.1055/a-0751-3078
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Never seen before? Opisthorchiasis and Clonorchiasis

Imaging parasitic diseasesNoch nie gesehen? Opisthorchiasis und Clonorchiasis Bildgebung parasitärer Erkrankungen
Christoph F. Dietrich
1   Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
2   Ultrasound Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
,
Nathan S.S. Atkinson
3   Department of Gastroenterology, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
,
W. J. Lee
4   Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
,
Kerstin Kling
5   Departement Medizin/Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
,
Andreas Neumayr
5   Departement Medizin/Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
,
Barbara Braden
6   Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
,
Joachim Richter
7   Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
,
Robert Akpata
8   Robert Akpata, French national institute of health and medical research (inserm)
,
Phonesavanh Southisavath
5   Departement Medizin/Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
,
Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich
9   Department of Pediatrics, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
,
Yi Dong
10   Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 200032 Shanghai, China
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Publication History

10 June 2018

23 September 2018

Publication Date:
22 November 2018 (online)

Abstract

Parasitic diseases are relatively rarely diagnosed and treated in Europe. Therefore, European clinicians are not familiar with their clinical and imaging features. In an era of increased human migration, it is fundamental for clinicians to be able to identify such diseases. We have recently described the features of cystic echinococcosis, schistosomiasis, fascioliasis and ascariasis. Here, we report on the clinical and imaging features as well as on the current therapy options of infections by the small liver flukes: Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini (Southeast Asian liver fluke) and Opisthorchis felineus (cat liver fluke) and other Opisthorchis species prevalent in South Asia.

Zusammenfassung

Parasitäre Erkrankungen werden in Europa relativ selten diagnostiziert und behandelt. Somit sind auch klinische Besonderheiten und bildgebende Merkmale weniger bekannt. In den Zeiten von Flüchtlingen und weltweiter Migration ist die Kenntnis parasitärer Infektionen zunehmend von Bedeutung und Kliniker müssen in der Lage sein diese zu erkennen. Anhand von klinischen Beschreibungen der Echinokokkose, Schistosomiasis, Fasciolosis und Ascariasis wurden entsprechende Berichte in der Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie publiziert. In der hier präsentierten Veröffentlichung werden klinische Besonderheiten und Bildgebungsmerkmale der kleinen asiatischen Leberegel diskutiert.

 
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