Surgical Ascariasis in Children in Kashmir

Pandit, Satish Kumar; Zarger, Habib Ullah

doi:10.1177/004947559702700107

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“…In a Medline search of the English-language literature published from 1995 to 1999, we found only 3 cases of ascaris-induced acute pancreatitis and acute cholecystitis in children. 11,12 The extra-intestinal manifestations of infesta- tion are due to the "wanderlust" of the worm, which migrates to the duodenum, stomach, and biliary tract. 8 The hepatobiliary complications of A. lumbricoides infestation are explained by various mechanisms.…”

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Sonographic diagnosis of ascaris‐induced cholecystitis and pancreatitis in a child

Grover

Pati

Rattan

2001

J of Clinical Ultrasound

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We describe the sonographic diagnosis of Ascaris-induced acute cholecystitis and pancreatitis in a 2-year-old girl. Abdominal sonography revealed a grossly distended gallbladder with a thick (0.5-cm) wall. The common bile duct was dilated to 0.6 cm without sludge or calculi. The pancreas was hypoechoic, with an enlarged, 3.3-cm pancreatic head. Sonography showed dilatation of the small- and large-bowel loops, with multiple roundworms in duodenal and colonic loops. Sonography has an important role not only in the diagnosis of this uncommon condition but also in the documentation of its unusual etiologic agent.

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