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. 2025 Mar 30;32(3):taaf021.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaf021.

Fascioliasis acquired in Central Asia

Lukas Rohloff  1 , Veronika Neumayr  2 , Maura Concu  3   4 , Marie-Therese Ruf  3   4 , Robert Thimme  1 , Annerose Serr  2 , Siegbert Rieg  5
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Fascioliasis acquired in Central Asia

Lukas Rohloff et al. J Travel Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Fasciola hepatica; eosinophilia; hepatic lesion; liver fluke; parasitic infection; travel medicine; traveller.

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Figure 1
(A) Ultrasound and MRI at initial presentation, showing a hypoechogenic, irregular lesion in segment VI of the liver. (B) Follow-up MRI two months later in two axial planes revealing dynamic progression with irregular, garland-shaped lesions and a new central lesion, while the initial lesion in segment VI is in regression.
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