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Pancreatic Flukes

Infections caused by pancreatic flukes, including diagnosis, treatment, and management.

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Jan 26, 2026
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What are the outcomes and follow-up data for patients treated medically (praziquantel) versus surgically for pancreatic fluke infections?

Medical therapy with praziquantel is broadly effective against many and shows good short-term parasitological cure rates in humans for several liver and intestinal flukes, but species-specific failure...

Jan 31, 2026
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What is the evidence linking Eurytrema pancreaticum or other parasites to human pancreatic disease?

The evidence that and related trematodes can infect humans is real but sparse: a handful of confirmed human cases—most notably an autopsy finding in and a modern imaging-documented case—show adult flu...

Feb 1, 2026
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What animal or human case reports describe pancreatic parasitic infections leading to diabetes?

A small number of clinical case reports document parasites physically invading the pancreas and producing pancreatitis with subsequent insulin deficiency or new-onset diabetes — most notably and isola...

Jan 27, 2026

furytrema pancreaticum

is a pancreatic fluke that primarily parasitizes ruminant livestock and only rarely infects humans; documented human cases are sporadic and typically incidental findings rather than clear, common caus...

Feb 3, 2026

eurtrema pancreaticum effect on insulin

is a pancreatic fluke that infects mainly ruminant animals and can damage pancreatic tissue in those hosts, producing pathological changes that in animals have been associated with altered pancreatic ...

Feb 2, 2026

How many confirmed human cases of Eurytrema pancreaticum infection have been reported worldwide and what were their presentations?

Published medical literature records only a very small number of confirmed human infections with the pancreatic fluke — described in the literature as a rare, incidental or sporadic mostly reported fr...