Calcific parasite or surgical miscellany?
This article highlights the difficulties posed by initial radiological investigations that misleadingly interpreted a linear opacity in the ascending colon of a 2-year-old to be a complicating calcified Ascaris. Final surgical management revealed an unusual cause for the tram tracking effect so pathognomonic of Ascaris infestation. Of interest are the images of the abdominal x-ray, ultrasound scan, and barium study.
Tousek
Martin
M
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, BN1 3JN Brighton, UK.
Hughes-Thomas
Amy
A
Mahomed
Anies
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery