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Revista Salud Uninorte
Print version ISSN 0120-5552On-line version ISSN 2011-7531
Abstract
RAMIREZ-RIVERA, Jorge Isaac; LEIVA-FLORES, José Reinaldo and MIELES-FIGUEROA, José Miguel. Intestinal obstruction by ascaris lumbricoides in a 6-years-old child. A case report. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.3, pp.819-823. ISSN 0120-5552.
The symptomatology of Ascaris lumbricoides infection is generally gastrointestinal and the treatment is clinical, however intestinal obstruction is the most rare form of presentation and requires surgical treatment.
The case of a 6-year-old patient with vomiting, pain and abdominal distension over 48 hours of evolution is presented. Abdominal radiography showed fluid levels. A surgical exploration was performed which found a package of parasites at the ileum. Therapeutic management is described.
Keywords : Intestinal obstruction; ascaris lumbricoides; enterotomy; pediatrics.