Multilocular Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess Complicating Ascaris Lumbricoides Infestaiion.

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...

Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess: Changing Therapy?

high, and proper management continues to be a challenge. Appropriate systemic antibiotics and fungal agents as well as adequate surgical, percutaneous, or biliary drainage are required for the best results. Objective: The authors document changes in the etiology, diagnosis, bacteriology, treatment, and outcome of patients with pyogenic hepatic abscesses over the past 4 decades. Summary Backgrou...

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Liver abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides: case report.

A case is reported of a woman who lived in a rural area with a chronic illness that consisted of weight loss and abdominal pain in the epigastrium and upper right quadrant. The initial diagnosis was a mass in the liver, which was later, demonstrated, both by direct and histological examination, to be an abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. Eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides and abundant Charcot-Le...

Ascaris lumbricoides--the ubiquitous roundworm.