ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Dicrocoelium dendriticum.
This disease is commonly asymptomatic. This disease may present with cholecystitis,
liver abscesses, or upper abdominal pain. Transmission is by ingestion of infected
ants. Confirmation is by identification of Dicrocoelium dendriticum eggs in a faecal
sample or duodenal fluid.;
A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Dicrocoelium dendriticum.
This disease is commonly asymptomatic. This disease may present with cholecystitis,
liver abscesses, or upper abdominal pain. Transmission is by ingestion of infected
ants. Confirmation is by identification of Dicrocoelium dendriticum eggs in a faecal
sample or duodenal fluid.