The Korean Journal of Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회지)

The Korean Society for Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회)
권호 표지

A Case with Unusual Manifestation of Multiple Amebic Liver Abscesses by Coinfection with Clonorchis Sinensis - Diagnosed by CT-guided Fine Needle Aspiration -

간흡충 감염에 의한 간내담도의 낭성변화와 동반된 아메바성 농양 - 세침흡인 세포학적 검사로 진단된 1례 -

  • Kim, Sung-Sook (Departments of Pathology, Dongguk University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Ran (Departments of Pathology, Dongguk University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Hyeon-Kyeng (Departments of Radiology, Dongguk University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Sung-Hee (Departments of Radiology, Dongguk University Hospital) ;
  • Han, Dong-Sun (Departments of Internal medicine, Dongguk University Hospital) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Tae (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 김성숙 (동국대학교 외과대학 부속 포항병원 병리과) ;
  • 김정란 (동국대학교 외과대학 부속 포항병원 병리과) ;
  • 이현경 (동국대학교 외과대학 부속 포항병원 방사선과) ;
  • 이승희 (동국대학교 외과대학 부속 포항병원 방사선과) ;
  • 한동선 (동국대학교 외과대학 부속 포항병원 내과) ;
  • 홍성태 (서울대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실)
  • Published : 1993.12.30
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Clonorchiasis is common in Korea. The coinfection of amebic abscess with clonorchiasis is not rare in endemic areas. The coinfection may influence on its manifestations each other. We experienced a human case with unusal manifestation of amebic liver abscess associated with coinfection by Clonorchisis sinensis. The case was an 80-year-old female. She lived in Yongil-gun, Kyongsangbuk-do, Korea, She had multiple amebic abscess cavities in the liver, one of which subsided spontaneously and others newly appeared. She was diagnosed by CT guided aspiration of the cyst, which revealed trophozoites of ameba and eggs of C. sinensis. She was treated with praziquantel and metronidazale and was cured.

Keywords