A 45 years male presented with chief complaints of abdominal pain with associated nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, abdominal discomfo, anorexia, weight loss, diarrhea, and jaundice. On imaging of the liver with ultrasound, it shows intra- and extra- hepatic dilatation and strictures with intraductal pigmented stones,What can be the causative agent?
Correct Answer: Clonorchis sinensis
Description: Parasites which can cause biliary obstruction: Cestodes??" Echinococcus granulosus Trematodes??" Fasciola hepatica, Opisthorchis, Clonorchis sinensis(oriental / chinese liver fluke) Nematodes??" Ascaris lumbricoides
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