title: [Ascaris lumbricoides--a cause of acute abdomen].
abstract: Ascaris lumbricoides infestation is the most common helminthic disease in many developing countries and may cause severe surgical complications, especially in children. We present a 3-year-old Ethiopian immigrant brought to hospital directly from the airport because of signs of acute abdomen. It was found to be caused by volvulus and necrosis of a loop of bowel impacted with worms. The necrotic bowel loop was resected and a temporary ileostomy was formed; recovery was uneventful. This disease and its severe complications are rare in Israel and the western world. Awareness of its occurrence is important in view of the present world-wide large-scale immigration from developing countries.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blumenfeld
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grinbaum
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zer
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male