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Fig. 9

From: Parasitic diseases as a cause of acute abdominal pain: imaging findings

Fig. 9

A 49-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with a 1-week history of fatigue, fever, and abdominal pain. Blood analysis was unremarkable except for the presence of eosinophilia. a, b Axial contrast-enhanced CT-images demonstrate patchy areas of decreased attenuation migrating from liver capsule through to deep parenchyma (arrows, a, b). Although not confirmed histopathologically, imaging-based diagnosis of F. hepatica infection was made depending on the distribution of parenchymal hypodensities on CT

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