Hepatobiliary Infestation by Ascaris lumbricoides

First Case of Ascaris lumbricoides Infestation Complicated with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.

Ascariasis is a common soil-transmitted helminth infestation worldwide. Ascaris lumbricoides infestation is generally asymptomatic or cause nonspecific signs and symptoms. We report a 5-year-old male with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with A. lumbricoides infestation. The presented patient recovered completely after defecating an A. lumbricoides following intravenous immunoglobu...

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Intestinal Obstruction in a 3-Year-Old Girl by Ascaris lumbricoides Infestation

Ascaris lumbricoides infection affects approximately 1.5 billion people globally. Children with environmental and socio-economic risk factors are more susceptible to infestation, with serious complications such as intestinal obstruction (IO), volvulus, intussusception, and intestinal necrosis.We present the case of a 3-year-old girl who arrived at emergency department with abdominal pain and di...

Intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides.

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to present patients, to discuss causes of morbidity and mortality, and to ascertain prognostic indexes and therapeutic options influencing outcome of patients with intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. MATERIALS AND METHODS During the past 20 years, between 1975 and 1995, a total of 17 patients with intestinal obstruction attributable to A. lu...

Abdominal Abscess Caused by Ascaris Lumbricoides

two months' duration. It started as a painful red swelling of the size of a walnut in the right iliac fossa which burst after about a week, leading up to the present sinus. State on admission The patient was very emaciated, pale and of poor nutrition. On examination the sinus was found deep, leading almost to the peritoneum. The sinus was opened along with its offshoots in the abdominal wall, i...