TY - JOUR
T1 - Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) as a Cause of Asymptomatic Liver Mass
AU - Manor, Uri
AU - Doviner, Victoria
AU - Kolodziejek, Jolanta
AU - Weidinger, Pia
AU - Dagan, Amir
AU - Ben-Haim, Menahem
AU - Rokah, Merav
AU - Nowotny, Norbert
AU - Boleslavsky, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) is a parasitic nematode of rodents, rarely infecting humans. An asymptomatic Israeli adult male with extensive travel history was diagnosed with a liver mass on routine post-thymectomy follow-up. Imaging and computer tomography (CT) guided biopsy were inconclusive. Surgical excision revealed an eosinophilic granuloma with fragments of a nematode suspected to be C. hepatica. Molecular methods verified the diagnosis, and the patient was treated empirically. This is the first case of hepatic capillariasis described in Israel, and the first to be diagnosed using molecular methods.
AB - Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum) is a parasitic nematode of rodents, rarely infecting humans. An asymptomatic Israeli adult male with extensive travel history was diagnosed with a liver mass on routine post-thymectomy follow-up. Imaging and computer tomography (CT) guided biopsy were inconclusive. Surgical excision revealed an eosinophilic granuloma with fragments of a nematode suspected to be C. hepatica. Molecular methods verified the diagnosis, and the patient was treated empirically. This is the first case of hepatic capillariasis described in Israel, and the first to be diagnosed using molecular methods.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0120
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0120
M3 - Article
C2 - 33999846
AN - SCOPUS:85109631549
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 105
SP - 204
EP - 206
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -