[Acute abdomen due to massive intestinal ascaridiasis: a case report].
Ascaridiasis is a geohelminthiasis with a worldwide distribution, especially occurring in countries with hot-humid climates. The infection occurs most frequently in children between three and nine years of age. We report a case of ascaridiasis regarding a ten-year-old girl born in Bangladesh who arrived in Italy about one year before. During laparotomy for suspected acute appendicitis, a large number of ascaridia nematodes were seen in the small intestine.
Scarlata
Francesco
F
Istituto Patologia Infettiva e Virologia, Università Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Giordano
Salvatore
S
Infurnari
Laura
L
Rubino
Raffaella
R
Iacono
Maurizio
M
Nasta
Roberto
R
Romano
Amelia
A
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000469:parasitology*; D001198:Ascaridiasis / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans