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Clinical and biological abnormalities in patients after fasciolosis treatment
D Rondelaud1, G Dreyfuss, P Vignoles
1UPRES EA n(o) 3174/USC Inra, Facultés de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 87025 Limoges, France. daniel.rondelaud@unilim.fr <daniel.rondelaud@unilim.fr>
Objective:
The aim of this communication was to report clinical disorders and biological abnormalities in patients followed over a 3- to 18-year period after the last date of fasciolosis treatment. These observations were noted in 87 individuals (out of 711) during a 30-year epidemiological survey.
Results:
We noted diffuse pain in the right hypochondrium, persisting 2 to 6 years after treatment (3.7% of persons), and weight loss appearing during treatment and persisting afterwards (2.1%).
Conclusions:
Our current state of knowledge leads us to asking whether pain in the right hypochondrium and weight loss would not be due to the presence of persistent hepatic lesions following fasciolosis treatment. Other investigations in patients after treated fasciolosis are necessary to confirm these abnormalities and determine their frequency.
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