CT findings in pediatric gastrointestinal ascariasis.
We present a case of a 9-yr-old child with gastrointestinal ascariasis. Computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrates the Ascaris roundworms as cylindrical filling defects within contrast filled bowel loops. In addition, the intestinal tract of the roundworm itself is seen as a thin thread of oral contrast within the tubular filling defect. To our knowledge, this is the first reported description of the CT findings of intestinal ascariasis in a pediatric patient.
Beitia
A O
AO
Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203, USA.
Haller
J O
JO
Kantor
A
A
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D008463:Mebendazole