11.7 Trematodes: liver flukes (biliary tract flukes)11.7.1 Trematodes: liver flukes: summary
Small liver flukes: eating infected fish leads to cholangitis, icterus, eosinophilia, cancer of the bile duct (Oriental liver fluke)
Large liver flukes: eating contaminated plants leads to cholangitis, icterus, eosinophilia
11.7.2 Trematodes: liver flukes, Clonorchis, Opisthorchis and Metorchis
CANCER OF THE LIVER & BILIARY DUCT MAYBE JUST PARASITES.
Fasciola hepatica female
Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, has a complex life cycle, requiring water snails as intermediate hosts. Humans and other mammals acquire the organism by eating cyst-contaminated water plants. Watercress is a common source of the parasite for humans. The cysts release immature flukes that migrate to the liver and gallbladder. A high load of the parasite may obstruct the biliary tract.
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