A CLINICAL CASE OF OPISTHORCHIASIS IN A CHILD. A MEDICAL COLLABORATION OF A PEDIATRICIAN, INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND PEDIATRIC SURGEON
Inspite of a significant decrease in the incidence of opisthorchiasis in Tyumen region, there are still some cases of superinvasion with the helminthiasis. This complicates the course of the disease sometimes leading to requirement of surgical intervention. In clinical practice, this causes difficulties in determining the appropriate modality of therapy. This article describes a clinical case of a complicated course of opisthorchiasis in a child. Management required a multi-specialty involvement to come to a therapeutic intervention which included surgery. The importance of the dynamic assessment of laboratory data, imaging and procedural data after a combinatory therapy has been completed. Every clinical case of complicated opisthorchiasis requires a multi-specialty involvement to choose an individual appropriate treatment method.