CUTANEOUS FASCIOLIASIS

Authors

  • A DOWLATI
  • BV SEYYEDI
  • Y DOWLATI From the Taleghani Medical School, Shahid Beheshti University of medical Sciences, and the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Abstract:

A patient who had a migratory cutaneous nodule and tumor removed for the second time was diagnosed as having the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. In this article, we present a case report of this peculiar manifestation of fascioliasis, as well as a general overview of the disease.

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volume 1  issue 1

pages  62- 65

publication date 1987-11

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