Ascaris lumbricoides causing acute abdomen: a case report

Abd-ElLatif, Mohamed; Belal, Usama S.; Abdel-Hafeez, Ekhlas H.; Atiya, Ahmed M.; Norose, Kazumi

doi:10.26719/2013.19.12.1035

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“…Populations at risk for A. lumbricoides and A. suum infestation are those who have stayed in areas with suboptimal sanitation, practiced poor personal hygiene, and have a poor educational background, especially in developing countries. Ascariasis in humans can cause gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms and severe complications requiring surgical intervention [12]. In the human host, the worm can establish residence in the gastrointestinal region from the stomach to the ileocecal valve, but up to 99% of the cases reported have worms localized to the jejunum and proximal ileum [13, 14].…”

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Respiratory Failure Associated with Ascariasis in a Patient with Immunodeficiency

Łanocha

Zdziarska

Łanocha-Arendarczyk

et al. 2016

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

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In industrialized countries, risk groups for parasitic diseases include travelers, recent immigrants, and patients with immunodeficiency following chemotherapy and radiotherapy and AIDS. A 66-year-old Polish male was admitted in December 2012 to the Department of Haematology in a fairly good general condition. On the basis of cytological, cytochemical, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic analysis of bone marrow, the patient was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia. On the 7th day of hospitalization in the Department of Haematology, patient was moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to acute respiratory and circulatory failure. In March 2013, 3 months after the onset of respiratory failures, a mature form of Ascaris spp. appeared in the patient's mouth. This report highlights the importance of considering an Ascaris infection in patients with low immunity presenting no eosinophilia but pulmonary failure in the central countries of Europe.

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Respiratory Failure Associated with Ascariasis in a Patient with Immunodeficiency

Łanocha

Zdziarska

Łanocha-Arendarczyk

et al. 2016

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“…When the larvae are coughed up by the host, they are swallowed back into the intestine to develop into adult worms. 2 The clinical features of A. lumbricoides infection are variable between asymptomatic and symptomatic disease depending upon the parasitic burden. 3 Heavy infection with Ascaris…”

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Ascaris infestation leading to diarrhea and malnutrition

Khanal

Maharjan

Aryal

et al. 2017

Bangladesh Crit Care J

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“…Non-viability of the bowel wall in cases of gangrene or perforation should prompt the surgeon to proceed with resection followed by primary anastomosis or stoma formation. 10 Prompt clinical diagnosis, a high index of suspicion for complications and early surgical intervention are critical in minimizing morbidity. Health awareness about sanitation and waste disposal, proper hand hygiene, safe drinking water, regular deworming in pre-school and school going children with a dedicated national Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) programme are direly needed to attain ascariasis eradication in a sustainable way.…”

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Ileal volvulus due to ascaris lumbricoides: a diagnosis revisited

Mishra¹,

Haldar²,

Paul³

2019

Int Surg J

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Ascariasis infestation is a common helminthic disease in developing countries with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, one of which can be acute abdomen. Small bowel volvulus is a serious life-threatening emergency. The aetiology may be primary as is often seen in Africa and Asia, while in Western countries other predisposing conditions usually initiate the volvulus. Ascariasis is highly prevalent in India and so, a myriad of different presentations is quite obvious. Here the authors have reported a case of a 6year old boy presenting with features of acute intestinal obstruction-central abdominal pain, repeated vomiting and abdominal distension. After evaluation with abdominal radiography and ultrasonography, exploratory laparotomy was planned. A secondary ileal volvulus compact with worms of ascaris lumbricoides was found. Resection of non-viable ileum was done after evacuation of worms by enterotomy followed by primary anastomosis. Prompt clinical diagnosis, a high index of suspicion for complications and early surgical intervention are critical in minimizing morbidity in cases of Intestinal Ascariasis.

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Ascaris lumbricoides causing acute abdomen: a case report

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Respiratory Failure Associated with Ascariasis in a Patient with Immunodeficiency

Respiratory Failure Associated with Ascariasis in a Patient with Immunodeficiency

Ascaris infestation leading to diarrhea and malnutrition

Ileal volvulus due to ascaris lumbricoides: a diagnosis revisited

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