Acute Abdomen by Ascaris lumbricoides: A Serious Complication

Acute Abdomen by Ascaris lumbricoides: A Serious Complication

Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal parasites causing Ascariasis in pre-school children living in under-developed countries with poor sanitation (Schulze et al., 2005; Steinberg et al., 2003). About 30 % of adult and 60-70% children in endemic areas have worm infestation (Khuroo et al., 1989). Most of the cases however, remain asymptomatic, but in cases with high worm burd...

Ascaris lumbricoides causing acute abdomen: a case report.

Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most well-known helminthic parasites affecting humans, and ascariasis remains common with > 1.2 billion infections globally [1]. It is endemic in the Middle East and South America especially in under-developed countries where poor sanitation, the most important risk factor for infection [2], is common [3]. A. lumbricoides infection occurs in all age groups but...

A Case of Acute Intestinal Obstruction Caused by Ascaris Lumbricoides

Assistant Surgeon, Main Hospital, Raipur. On the morning of the 9th March, 1926, a Mohammedan boy about 3 years old was brought to the outdoor department of the Main Hospital, Raipur, for severe abdominal pain. The history given was that two days before he developed high fever and next day vomited twice. On the morning of admission he was suddenly attacked with acute pain in the abdomen and had...

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Ascaris lumbricoides: a case report.

This is a case presentation of a multiple trauma patient who was infested with Ascaris lumbricoides, a roundworm. The infestation was undiagnosed until after extubation. Intraoperative anesthesia was uneventful and the patient was discharged 7 days after admission.