Post-partum pyogenic abscess containing Ascaris lumbricoides

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...

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.

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.