Resumen

BARBOSA-VALENZUELA,, Silvia Carolina et al. Necrotizing pancreatitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides: Causes, diagnosis, and current treatment. Rev. colomb. Gastroenterol. [online]. 2021, vol.36, n.4, pp.514-518.  Epub 26-Abr-2022. ISSN 0120-9957.  https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.671.

Necrosis in acute pancreatitis presents a high mortality rate despite advances in critical care. After biliary and alcoholic etiology, the third most common cause of pancreatitis is idiopathic etiology, with 10% of cases related to parasites, being Ascaris the most common parasite involved in pancreas necrosis and inflammation. Considering the high rates of mortality related to necrotizing pancreatitis, a case of ascariasis is analyzed, including its growing epidemiology, its causes, its clinical and imaging diagnosis, and its antiparasitic treatment based on current evidence.

Palabras clave : Ascaris lumbricoides; necrotizing pancreatitis.

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