Abstract

MARMO, Gastón; VACCARO, Carla  and  KOHN, Guillermo. Acute pancreatitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides. Arch. Pediatr. Urug. [online]. 2016, vol.87, n.1, pp.33-37. ISSN 0004-0584.

Ascariasis is a helminthic infection of global distribution with more than 1.4 billion persons infected throughout the world. The majority of infections occur in the developing countries of Latin America and Asia. This helminth usually lives harmlessly in small intestine but can also cause intestinal obstruction or perforation peritonitis that is common in childhood. Ascaris can also migrate through ampulla of Vater to produce pancreatitis, cholecystitis, cholangitis and, rarely, hepatic abscess. The main goal of this article is to present a case of an acute pancreatitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides, an uncommon but severe complication of an endemic disease such as ascariasis.

Keywords : PANCREATITIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ABDOMEN, ACUTE.

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