Small Bowel Perforation caused by Ascariasis Infestation : a Case Report 6
By: Onofree L. O'Connor, Adrian Yu., Alfred Philip De Dios, Harry L. Go., 4 0 16 [, ] | [, ] |
Contributor(s): The PLM College of Medicine and The Ospital ng Maynila Journal of Medicine. October 2013. pp.66 5 6 [] |
Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; 46Edition: Description: Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- Ascariasis Small Bowel Perforation -- -- -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | LOC classification: | | 2Other classification:| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ABSTRACT: Ascariasis is one of the most commonhelminthic infections worldwide with increased prevalence in tropical and developing countries like the Philippines. It can be asymptomatic or can present with symptoms of acute abdomen. Perforation and torsion with gangrene are its very rare fatal complications but an important cause of mortality in children. We report a case of 6 years - old male presenting with abdominal pain an intestinal gangrene with perforation caused by infestation of asdcariasis lumbbricoides. Although ascariasis is very rare in developed countries, clinicians should consider this potentially dangerous, yet treatable, infection in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen. 56
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