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Amongst 876 cases suffering from ascariasis 662 cases were managed conservatively and 214 cases were treated by surgery. Surgical complications were found to be more common in males in the age group of 6-10 years. Principal clinical features included pain abdomen (99.54%), constipation (80.25%),
OBJECTIVE
This study presents seven cases of severe hepatobiliary and pancreatic complications of ascariasis in children. The authors describe the clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings, as well as the patients' clinical evolution.
METHODS
These cases were studied within a period of
BACKGROUND
Biliary ascariasis is regarded as possible etiological factor for hepatolithiasis. Here we report one case of a patient with hepatolithiasis with biliary ascariasis who developed a liver abscess, which was treated with partial hepatectomy.
METHODS
A young adult female presented with
Ascaris lumbricoides (A. lumbricoides) with which one billion people around the world is infected is also widely seen in Turkey. This case report presents an ascariasis infection which displayed typical radiological findings in Kocaeli, a non-endemic region of Turkey. The patient was admitted to
Ascariasis of the gallbladder is a very rare presentation. We report a case of a 15-year-old boy who presented with complaints of pain in the abdomen, vomiting, pruritus, and fever on-and-off for 10 days. On radiological examination, an ultrasonography of the abdomen showed a dilated gallbladder
Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most prevalent parasitic infections, especially in developing countries. Its presence can lead to a multitude of presentations, one of the rarer ones being obstructive jaundice due to migration of the worm in to the biliary tree. We describe a case of a man who
BACKGROUND
Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal infections in developing countries, including Kosovo. In contrast to migration to the bile duct, migration of the worm to the gallbladder, due to the narrow and tortuous nature of the cystic duct, is rare. When it does occur, it
BACKGROUND
Ascariasis is very common in this part of the world. Biliary Ascariasis is rare but is the commonest extra-intestinal complication.
METHODS
This study was conducted At Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, a tertiary care hospital. Five cases of biliary Ascariasis were studied from December
BACKGROUND
One quarter of the world's population is known to be infected with ascariasis. It is endemic in various parts of the Indian subcontinent with a high incidence in the Kashmir valley. Although intestinal obstruction is the commonest complication of ascariasis in children, biliary ascariasis
A 43-year-old Korean woman with biliary ascariasis accompanied by cholelithiasis is reported. Her chief complaints were abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. She had the past history of several attacks of abdominal pain in her childhood. Biliary stones were recovered from the left hepatic duct after
Ascaris lumbricoides infection is rare among children in developed countries. Although large numbers of adult Ascaris in the small intestine can cause various abdominal symptoms, this infection remains asymptomatic until the number of worms in the intestine considerably increases in most cases.
BACKGROUND
Infestation with Ascaris lumbricoides is seen worldwide. Recently, there has been much interest in the pancreatic-biliary complications of Ascaris infection. In this study, we present our experience of 300 patients seen in a tertiary referral center.
METHODS
Case charts of patients seen
We prospectively evaluated the incidence, clinical features, radiographic findings, and course of biliary and pancreatic disease caused by ascariasis in an endemic area in India. Ascariasis was an etiologic factor in 40 (36.7%) of the 109 patients studied who had biliary and pancreatic diseases.
Ascariasis is one of the most common helminthic infestations in humans. Massive infestation can give rise to serious complications such as intestinal obstruction. We present a 4-year-old boy, who presented with acute flaccid quadriparesis due to the hypokalemic alkalosis induced by severe vomiting.
Six cases of biliary ascariasis were treated at Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital in the last sixteen years. The patient population consisted of five female and one male subjects. With a median age of 39 years. Main clinical manifestations were abdominal pain mimicking biliary colic, nausea,