title: [Intestinal perforation by Ascaris lumbricoides].
abstract: The case of an adult patient who while being admitted to the Injured Patients Hospital of Prenda, Luanda, Popular Republic of Angola, due to a right tibial fracture had an acute abdominal picture is reported. The patient was operated on and it was found a small intestinal perforation by Ascaris lumbricoides. The operation and his uneventful postoperative evolution are described. World and national medical literatures are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D001200:Ascaris / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Perforación intestinal por Ascaris lumbricoides.