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A case of successfully treated giardiasis in pancreas
T Miyahara1, M Kubokawa, S Koyanagi
1Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi = Hukuoka Acta Medica
|November 19, 1997
Abstract:
We report a case of giardiasis in the pancreas in a patient with diabetes mellitus. The patient is interesting in the following: 1) Giardia lamblia was found only in the pancreas and not in the gall bladder by cytology on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) and by cerulein-secretin test (CST). 2) ERCP revealed multiple small cysts scattered throughout the pancreas. 3) Decreased pancreatic exocrine function was recovered by treatment with metronidazole.